Message
From The Chair
Mary
C. Malone, Esquire
Crews & Hancock, P.L.C.
The
1999-2000 Virginia State Bar year is quickly drawing to a
close as is my tenure as the Chair of the Board of Governors
for the Health Law Section. I have greatly enjoyed serving in
this position and feel that our Section has continued to move
in a positive direction, providing support and relevant
information to our members who practice in the area of health
care law.
The
Health Law Section accomplished much this in the past year.
Last month, Susan Ward graciously agreed to present what has
become the Section’s annual Health Law Legislative Update at
the Virginia Hospital and Health Care Association in Richmond.
The program was, as always, very informative, providing an
up-to-date summary of the new health law legislation which may
affect various health care providers in Virginia. We thank
Susan for her time and talent. We also greatly appreciate the
efforts of Tom Stallings, past Chair of the Section, who
helped organize and obtain CLE credit for the program.
Serving
as secretary for the Health Law Board of Governors and as
editor of Health Law News, Jim Daniel continued to make great
contributions to our Section this year. Last year, Jim spent
many hours researching the feasibility and options for a
Section website. This year, thanks to Jim’s continued work
on this project, the Health Law Section website is a reality.
We have received a lot of positive feedback on the website and
encourage all members to use the website and offer suggestions
for additions or improvements to the site.
We
also thank Jim for putting together a great newsletter for our
section. I think that you will find that the articles included
in this edition of Health Law News interesting and timely. We
encourage members to contribute articles to future editions of
the newsletter. In addition, requests for articles you would
like to see in Health Law News can be e-mailed to jdaniel@crewshancock.com.
Bruce
Stockberger served as the vice chair of the Section’s Board
of Governors. I appreciate all of Bruce’s assistance
throughout the past year. Bruce was responsible for putting
together this year’s VSB Annual Meeting Program. This
program is scheduled for Friday, June 16, 2000 during the
10:45 a.m. to 12:15 a.m. time slot. Our Section is
co-sponsoring a program with the Antitrust, Franchise &
Trade Regulation Section. The program is entitled "When
the Government Knocks: Surviving Federal Criminal
Investigations." With the current enforcement climate in
the health care industry, this program is sure to be a
"must" for attorneys who represent health care
clients. The program offers 1.5 hours of CLE credit with 0.5
hours of Ethics credit (pending). We look forward to a strong
turn out for this program by our Section members. A brief
Section meeting will follow the program.
Finally,
I would like to thank Elizabeth Keller who serves as our VSB
section liaison, Bet was been of great help to me during my
term as Section Chair and always provides tireless support to
our Section.
I
have enjoyed serving as chair for the VSB Health Law Board of
Governors. It has given me a great opportunity to get to know
and work with many wonderful people. The Section continues to
grow and prosper and I extend my best wishes and encouragement
for a good 2000-2001. Thank you for providing me with the
experience of serving as our Section Chair.
