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Awards and Recognition

Class of 2022 Fellows

James (Jim) W. Boswell III

James (Jim) W. Boswell III

Professional Career

Jim Boswell is the Team Leader of King & Spalding's national Healthcare Team. His practice is devoted to handling litigation and investigations on behalf of health care industry clients. Jim has expertise in handling managed care litigation and has also served as counsel in False Claims Act lawsuits in multiple states. An experienced health care litigator, Jim regularly handles jury trials, administrative hearings, arbitrations, and appellate arguments regarding specialized health care issues. He joined King & Spalding in 1992 after clerking on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and became a partner of the firm in 1999.

AHLA Achievements

Jim joined AHLA in 2005. He served as a Vice Chair and then Chair of the Healthcare Liability & Litigation Practice Group from 2006-2012. He served on the Board of Directors for AHLA from 2013 to 2018 and served as the Board liaison to the Dispute Resolution Council. In addition, Jim served on the Programs, Practice Groups, Public Interest, Professional Resources, Executive, and Nominating Committees. He also chaired the Public Interest Committee and served as a member, Co-Chair, and Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Council. He is currently serving on the Development and Advancement Council. Jim has been a frequent speaker at AHLA programs and webinars, written for the magazine and Practice Group newsletters, and was an author for AHLA’s Health Plans Contracting Handbook.

Watch: 2022 Fellows Class Conversation with AHLA CEO David Cade and James W. Boswell

Lisa A. Hathaway

Lisa A. Hathaway

Professional Career

Lisa Hathaway is Aetna’s Chief Medicare Counsel. Lisa is responsible for all the legal support for Aetna's Medicare area for Parts C and D, which includes strategic planning and providing guidance regarding pending and new legislation and CMS regulations effecting Medicare. She has expertise in complex contracting, value-based arrangements, medical loss ratios, and with delegated services. She also understands the provider side from her past experiences as Assistant General Counsel for Florida Blue; National Director of Managed Care Contracting for HCR ManorCare.

AHLA Achievements

Lisa joined AHLA in 1992. She served on the Association’s Board of Directors from 2011 to 2017. She served on the Membership, Practice Groups, Professional Resources, Programs, and Public Interest Committees. She served six years as a Co-Chair of the Institute for Health Plan Counsel program planning committee from 2015-2021, and as a member from 2012-2014. In addition, Lisa served as Vice Chair and then Chair of the Payers, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group in 2006-2008 and 2008-2011, respectively, and as Vice Chair of the HMOs and Health Plans Practice Group from 2002-2006. She has mentored many members over the years, which has led to greater engagement and often leadership roles in the Association. Lisa has been a frequent speaker at AHLA programs, including the In-House Counsel Program, Annual Meeting, Institute on Medicare & Medicaid Payment Issues, Long Term Care and the Law, and Payers, Plans and Managed Care Institute.

Watch: 2022 Fellows Class Conversation with AHLA CEO David Cade and Lisa A. Hathaway

Elizabeth E. Hogue

Elizabeth E. Hogue

Professional Career

Elizabeth Hogue has been in private practice for over 40 years. She has specialized in home health, HME, IV infusion, private duty and hospice providers, managed care organizations, hospitals, long term care facilities, life care communities, physicians, professional associations of healthcare providers, case managers and individual practitioners. She has also been involved with the Developmental Disabilities Law Project at the University of Maryland School of Law.

AHLA Achievements

Elizabeth joined in 1976 as a law student when the organization was called the National Health Lawyers Association. She has and continues to serve as a mentor to multiple AHLA members. Elizabeth served on a Task Force for and was instrumental in helping to establish the life member initiative in 2013; served on the Life Members Council; and continues to serve as the Moderator of the Life Members Network and has done so since its inception. She has served on the Publications Committee in 1986, Quality Council in 2018, and Fundraising Task Force in 2021. She is a prolific speaker and author.

Watch: 2022 Fellows Class Conversation with AHLA CEO David Cade and Elizabeth E. Hogue

Kenneth (Ken) R. Marcus

Kenneth (Ken) R. Marcus

Professional Career

Ken Marcus is a partner at Honigman and has practiced exclusively in health care law for 38 years. He has extensive experience in corporate, payment, regulatory and compliance matters. He is recognized as a national expert in Medicare provider appeals procedure, with extensive experience representing hospitals before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board and the federal courts. He also has substantial experience as a transactional lawyer, representing clients in major business transactions and advising clients in matters involving the Medicare and Medicaid Anti-fraud and Abuse Provisions, the Stark Act, and the Federal False Claims Act.

AHLA Achievements

Ken joined AHLA in 1997. He has extensive speaking and writing experience. He served as the Vice Chair of the Regulation, Accreditation, and Payment Practice Group. He was also involved in the conception and establishment of the Life Members Community for the Association.

Watch: 2022 Fellows Class Conversation with AHLA CEO David Cade and Kenneth R. Marcus

Myra C. Selby

Myra C. Selby

Professional Career

Myra Selby is a Partner at IceMiller in Indianapolis, IN, where she has a broad-based practice with a focus in the areas of corporate internal investigations, appellate practice, compliance counseling, complex litigation, risk management, strategic and other legal advice, across various industry sectors. She serves in the role of advisor for large institutional clients as well as individuals. She is a trained and experienced commercial mediator and arbitrator. She is a former associate justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. Myra has the distinction of being both the first woman and the first African American to serve as an associate justice on the Indiana Supreme Court. In 1999, the Indiana Supreme Court appointed her to chair its Commission on Race and Gender Fairness. The commission is charged with ensuring fairness and diversity in the legal system. She continues her tradition of service to the commission as a current member. Prior to her appointment to the Court, Myra was director of health care policy for the state of Indiana, where she was responsible for policy development and the execution of state health care programs, including Medicaid managed care.

AHLA Achievements

Myra joined the Association in 2006. She served on the AHLA Board of Directors from 2004 to 2010. She served on the Executive, Finance, and Nominating Committees for the Association. She also served as Chair of the Dispute Resolution Service Review Board from 2013 to 2017 and served on the Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee from 2019 to 2020. She has been a speaker for AHLA, written for the Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law, and participated in AHLA’s Convener on Racial Disparities in Health Care.

Watch: 2022 Fellows Class Conversation with AHLA CEO David Cade and Myra Selby

Toby G. Singer

Toby G. Singer

Professional Career

Toby Singer is a retired partner of the global law firm, Jones Day. She is an authority on mergers and other antitrust matters in the health care industry, and her practice focused on antitrust counseling and litigation for health care clients. She represented providers and payers on a wide variety of antitrust issues, from mergers and acquisitions and other transactions to less formal alliances among competitors as well as counseling on conduct issues. She handled numerous federal and state government investigations and defended clients in both government and private antitrust litigation. Prior to joining Jones Day, Toby served as a deputy assistant director for the health care section of the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission.

AHLA Achievements

Toby joined AHLA in 1986 when it was still called the National Health Lawyers Association. She served on the Board of Director from 2013 to 2019. Her tenure on the Board included service on the Executive Committee and chairing the Publications Committee. Toby also served as Vice Chair and Chair of the Antitrust Practice Group, in 2001-2006 and 2006-2010 respectively, and was a member of the Quality Council. She served as Chair on the Fundraising Task Force and as a member of the Development and Advancement Council. In addition, Toby served on several AHLA program planning committees, including the Annual Meeting and Antitrust Program. She wrote a chapter for AHLA’s ACO Handbook and for the Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law as well as multiple publications for the Antitrust Practice Group. She has been a frequent speaker, including at AHLA’s In-House Counsel Program and Annual Meeting, as well as the Physicians & Hospitals Law Institute and the Antitrust in Healthcare program.

Watch: 2022 Fellows Class Conversation with AHLA CEO David Cade and Toby G. Singer

Eric Zimmerman

Eric Zimmerman

Professional Career

Eric Zimmerman is a recognized Medicare law and policy authority and registered lobbyist who represents clients before Congress and administrative agencies, and helps clients navigate federal legislative and regulatory processes related to Medicare coverage, coding, reimbursement, and compliance. He primarily counsels and represents hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device manufacturers and suppliers, medical trade associations and professional societies. Eric is the global head of McDermott’s Health Practice. He also serves as a principal of McDermott+Consulting LLC, McDermott’s integrated health-focused policy, lobbying and data analytics consultancy.

AHLA Achievements

Eric joined the Association in 1997. He is a Past President of AHLA and served on its Board from 2008 to 2019. During his tenure, he served as Chair of the Executive, Finance, Programs, Nominating, and Professional Resources Committees and on the Membership and Practice Groups Committees. He served as Vice Chair and then Chair of the Regulation Accreditation and Payment Practice Group in 2001-2004 and 2004-2007, respectively. Eric also served on the Medicare Part D Task Force and as Chair of the Certification Exploratory Council. He has been a frequent speaker, including at the Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues, Hospitals and Health Systems and Transactions Programs, Annual Meeting, and webinars. He was an Editor of Federal Health Care Laws and Regulations as well as Medicare Law, 2d Edition. He has also written nearly a dozen articles appearing in various AHLA publications, including The RAP Sheet, the publication of the Regulation, Accreditation and Payment Practice Group, Health Lawyers Weekly, and for the AHLA Public Information Series.

Watch: 2022 Fellows Class Conversation with AHLA CEO David Cade and Eric Zimmerman

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