Payers mold health care lawyering; market forces boost M&A, ERISA and fraud work

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The rapid pace of change in the health care industry has meant opportunities for lawyers in specialties including antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, ERISA pre-emption and white-collar crime. The increase in health maintenance organizations (HMOs) brought about many of these opportunities. HMOs cut the number and length of hospital stays and hospitals sought alliances with each other to remain competitive. This brought the scrutiny of federal antitrust regulators, and the interest in mergers attracted M&A experts. Prominent health care lawyers are listed.

Health Care, Attorneys, Personalities, Legal specialization, Health services administration

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Weighty matters in a slim department.:(In-house counsel William K. Dix of Jenny Craig Inc.)

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William K. Dix is the vice president and general counsel for Jenny Craig Inc., a leading company in the weight loss industry. Mr. Dix has a paralegal to assist him but otherwise largely depends on outside counsel. Legal areas which Jenny Craig is confronted with include, corporate, transactional, health, regulatory, labor and employment issues. A discussion of Dix's legal career and background is included.

Weight Control Centers, Diet and Weight Reducing Centers, Miscellaneous personal services, not elsewhere classified, California, Reducing clinics, Weight loss industry, Diet industry, Jenny Craig Inc., Dix, William K.

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His hospital hope: avoid the legal ER

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At 58, Ernest M. Haddad serves as secretary and general counsel to Partners Healthcare Systems. Based in Boston, Mr. Haddad provides legal advice to a health care system that employs 32,000 people, has $3 billion in assets, and $2 billion in annual revenues. Cost control, complex litigation and institutional governance are just a few fo the issues that face Mr. Haddad on a regular basis.

Medical & Health Services, Biography, Massachusetts, Partners HealthCare System Inc., Haddad, Ernest M.

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