Denise E. Hanna has been involved in health care public policy and transactional matters for more than 20 years. Ms. Hanna has represented health care payors and providers, pharmacy benefit management (PBMs) companies, third party administrators, health and wellness companies, trade associations and other health care organizations in a range of transactional matters and in legislative, regulatory and administrative proceedings. Ms. Hanna has closely tracked the enactment of federal health care reform and now advises clients on implementation issues, compliance obligations and strategic opportunities under health reform.
Ms. Hanna has substantial experience representing health care organizations in general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, strategic ventures, financings, complex business transactions and antitrust matters, many of which involve issues and business relationships of first impression. She advises clients of the impact of federal and state health care regulation on a variety of business transactions and has extensive experience in developing and negotiating contracts for her clients’ standard operations, marketing and distribution arrangements and business process outsourcing.
Ms. Hanna also advises PBMs offering managed group health and workers’ compensation pharmacy benefits. She has counseled both health plan and PBM clients on the interpretation of Part D of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, and in the development of contracts for the administration of Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits.
Through her active involvement on the national health care scene, Ms. Hanna has a keen awareness of the most important issues that are shaping the health industry. She was Chair of the National Bar Association’s Health Law section during the 2009-2010 year. Ms. Hanna also participates in seminars across the country and was instrumental in organizing the NBA Health Law Section’s Health Care Law Summit in 2009 and 2010. Ms. Hanna is co-editor of the firm’s Health Care Reform Update.
Education
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 1986
- B.A., Behavioral Sciences, with honors, University of Chicago, 1983
Bar Admissions
Representative Experience
Health Care Regulatory and Advocacy
- Lead counsel to state-wide managed care organization on health care reform implementation and compliance.
- Advisor to health and wellness company on strategic opportunities available under health care reform.
- Lead counsel to medical center campus on FEMA appeal.
- Lead counsel to PBM in competitive bid protest against County government.
- Lead counsel in many change of ownership proceedings involving health plans and health insurers.
Lead counsel to national trade association in the development of a 50-state online database of regulatory requirements applicable to workers’ compensation PBMs.
- Lead counsel in multi-state fraud and abuse and fee-splitting analysis for national workers’ compensation claims management company.
- Lead counsel in 50-state regulatory analysis of provider claims recovery rules for health care claims recovery company.
- Lead counsel in multi-state regulatory analysis of managed provider network requirements for workers’ compensation administrator.
- Lead counsel in multi-state analysis of producer appointment requirements for national managed care company.
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Lead counsel in successful sales and acquisitions of specialty and full service managed care plans and other health care businesses in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and Utah and the Territory of Guam.
- Regulatory counsel in sale of Medicare Advantage health plans.
- Lead role in $2 billion acquisition of multi-state managed care company.
- Lead counsel in acquisition of regional PBM.
- Lead counsel in acquisition of e-prescribing technology company.
- Lead counsel in the acquisition of company operating senior-focused web portal.
- Lead counsel in sale of automobile insurance company.
Corporate Representation, Ventures and Alliances and Business Transactions
- Lead counsel in development, structure and financing of pharmacy benefits GPO.
- Lead counsel in the tax-advantaged financing of medical facilities being acquired by federally qualified health clinic.
- Lead counsel in many successful business process outsourcing transactions for health care companies.
- Lead counsel in restructuring health insurer’s relationship with consumer directed health plan (CDHP) program partner.
- Lead counsel in development of contractual and relational structure necessary to obtain CMS authorization to offer a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act.
- Lead counsel in developing physician practice management organizations in several corporate practice of medicine states.
- General counseling for emerging pharmacy benefit administration business.
- General counseling for Los Angeles-based federally qualified health clinic.
Publications & Presentations
Articles and Publications
- Co-Author, "Client Alert: HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules Modified for HITECH Act Provisions," Locke Lord (August 2, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 21)," Locke Lord (July 29, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 19)," Locke Lord (June 30, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 18)," Locke Lord (June 24, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 17)," Locke Lord (June 16, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 16)," Locke Lord (June 2, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 15)," Locke Lord (May 26, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 14)," Locke Lord (May 19, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 13)," Locke Lord (May 12, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 12)," Locke Lord (May 4, 2010)
- Speaker, "Presentation: A First Look at Health Care Reform - What Employers Need to Know," Locke Lord CLE Series (April 28, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 11)," Locke Lord (April 27, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 10)," Locke Lord (April 20, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 9)," Locke Lord (March 30, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 8)," Locke Lord (March 24, 2010)
- Contributor, "Health Care Reform Update (Vol. II, No. 6)," Locke Lord (March 24, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 7)," Locke Lord (March 16, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 6)," Locke Lord (March 9, 2010)
- Contributor, "Health Care Reform Update (Vol. II, No. 5)," Locke Lord (March 8, 2010)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. II, No. 4)," Locke Lord (March 2, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 5)," Locke Lord (March 2, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 4)," Locke Lord (February 16, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 3)," Locke Lord (February 10, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 2)," Locke Lord (February 2, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. II, No. 1)," Locke Lord (January 26, 2010)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. II, No. 3)," Locke Lord (January 25, 2010)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. II, No. 2)," Locke Lord (January 12, 2010)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. II, No. 1)," Locke Lord (January 5, 2010)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. I, No. 8)," Locke Lord (December 22, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 22)," Locke Lord (December 21, 2009)
- Co-Author, "Client Alert: Changes in the California Nonprofit Corporation Law Affecting Public Benefit Corporations," Locke Lord (December 16, 2009)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. I, No. 7)," Locke Lord (December 15, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 21)," Locke Lord (December 14, 2009)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. I, No. 6)," Locke Lord (December 8, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 20)," Locke Lord (December 7, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 19)," Locke Lord (November 30, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 18)," Locke Lord (November 23, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 17)," Locke Lord (November 16, 2009)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. I, No. 4)," Locke Lord (November 10, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 16)," Locke Lord (November 9, 2009)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. I, No. 3)," Locke Lord (November 3, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 15)," Locke Lord (November 2, 2009)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. I, No. 2)," Locke Lord (October 27, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 14)," Locke Lord (October 26, 2009)
- Contributor, "The D.C. Update (Vol. I, No. 1)," Locke Lord (October 21, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 13)," Locke Lord (October 19, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 12)," Locke Lord (October 12, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 11)," Locke Lord (October 5, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 10)," Locke Lord (September 28, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 9)," Locke Lord (September 21, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 8)," Locke Lord (September 14, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 7)," Locke Lord (September 8, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 6)," Locke Lord (August 31, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 5)," Locke Lord (August 24, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 4)," Locke Lord (August 17, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 3)," Locke Lord (August 10, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 2)," Locke Lord (August 3, 2009)
- Contributor, "Weekly Health Care Reform Update (Vol. I, No. 1)," Locke Lord (July 27, 2009)
Presentations
- Panelist, “A Second Look at Health Care Reform: What Employers and Insurers Should be Doing Now,” CLE presentation, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, June, 2010
- Panelist, “How Health-Care Reform Will Impact Your Company's Health and Wellness Programs,” Webcast hosted by cfo.com, May, 2010
- Panelist, “Health Care Reform: A First Look,” National Bar Association’s 2010 Healthcare Law Summit, May, 2010; and Co-Chair of the Summit.
- Moderator, “Health Industry Roundtable: What’s on the Horizon for the Health Care Industry,” National Bar Association’s 2010. Healthcare Law Summit, May, 2010.
- Panelist, “Health Care Reform - What Employers Need to Know,” CLE presentation, Locke Lord Bissell Liddell, April, 2010.
- Panelist, “Healthcare Reform: Enough Politics, Let's Prepare for the Future!” The American Bar Association Health Law Section and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education Teleconference and Webcast, April, 2010.
- Panelist, “Healthcare Reform: The Fallout and the Future” The American Bar Association’s 11th Annual Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law Conference, February, 2010.
- Panelist, "The Politics of Legislating Health Improvement Measures," DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance's Forum 2009.
- Moderator, “Emerging Issues in Healthcare (Part 1),” Roundtable Discussion, 2009 Healthcare Law Summit presented by the National Bar Association’s Health Law Section, and Co-organizer of the Summit.
- Seminar Panelist, “Helping our Seniors Understand their Rights & Responsibilities under Medicare Part D.”
- Featured Speaker, “Perspective on the Medicare Part D Program, presented at the Mesereau Ephriam Villaraigosa Free Legal Clinic.”
- Seminar Panelist, “Restructuring and Competition: The Health Care Industry presented at the National Economics Research Associates, Inc. Nineteenth Annual Antitrust & Trade Regulation.”
- Panelist and Organizer, “Strategic Directions for the Entrepreneurial Venture.”
- Seminar Panelist, "Anatomy of a Secured Transaction," CLE Presentation, Lord, Bissell & Brook, LLP
- Speaker, Business opportunity presentation on new medical device to fight brain and liver cancers, featuring Keith L. Black, M.D, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of Medlennium Technologies, Inc.
- Client Alert, CMS Updates Marketing Guidelines and Formalizes Call Center Requirements for Part D Plan Sponsors.
- Client Alert, Promise of the Obama Health Care Plan: More Health Care Coverage and More Government Regulation.
- Co-editor, Locke Lord Weekly Health Care Reform Update
Events
- 7th Annual Institute on Corporate, Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions University Park (October 7-8, 2010)
- A Second Look at Health Care Reform: What Employers and Insurers Should be Doing Now (June 15, 2010)
- Panelist, How Health-Care Reform Will Impact Your Company's Health and Wellness Programs, CFO.com (May 25, 2010)
- Speaker, 2010 NBA Healthcare Law Summit Washington, DC (March 6-7, 2010)
- Panelist, A First Look at Health Care Reform: What Employers Need to Know Dallas, TX (April 28, 2010)
- Panelist, Healthcare Reform: Enough Politics, Let’s Prepare for the Future! Teleconference (April 20, 2010)
- Speaker, 11th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law
- Speaker, The Forum 09 - DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance
- Panelist, 2009 Healthcare Law Summit
- Speaker, e-Matters (Los Angeles)
Professional History
- Partner, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
Community Leadership
- Vice Chairperson, California Hospital Medical Center, Community Board of Directors (2008 - Present)
- Chairperson, Hope Street Early Head Start Committee of the CHMC Community Board of Directors (2009 - Present)
- National Bar Association
- Member
- Board of Governors (2009 - 2010)
- National Bar Association, Health Law Section
- President (2009 - 2010)
- Treasurer (2008 - 2009)
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Black Women’s Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
- Wilshire Borgata Owners’ Association, Brentwood, California
- Former Board Member
- Former President (1997 - 2004)
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