Peter Hofrenning Named Assistant Director at Hamline University School of Law Health Law Center.ST. PAUL St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn. -- Hamline University School of Law today announced that Peter B. Hofrenning will join the school's faculty as an adjunct professor of law and assistant director of its new Health Law Center. He will work closely with the HLC HLC Higher Learning Commission HLC Home Loans Canada (CIBC Mortgages and Lending, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) HLC Healthcare Leadership Council HLC High Level Committee HLC High Layer Compatibility HLC Heartless Crew Director Lucinda Jesson and serve as the primary administrator for the Center, helping to launch its operations and oversee the day-to-day administrative aspects. Hofrenning has a diverse health law background, with strong consumer, enforcement and healthcare industry experience. He currently serves as principal attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of Minnesota where oversees a team of lawyers and paralegal professionals. His other responsibilities include serving as lead attorney for large contracts, managing outside counsel in their representation of Blue Cross, and advising the organization on a wide variety of topics, including Medicare, ERISA See Employee Retirement Income Security Act. ERISA See Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, privacy issues. Hofrenning previously was an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Minnesota's Antitrust Division where he gained significant experience with state Medicaid programs and prosecuting antitrust violators. Hofrenning also gained significant transactional experience as the lead attorney for the Department of Transportation's light rail project. He has experience drafting state legislation and federal legislative history. He is a graduate of Columbia University Law School, Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, colloquially known as the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) or simply the Kennedy School, is a public policy school and one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. and St. Olaf College An average of six St. Olaf students are awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship each year. Additionally, the college has produced three Rhodes Scholars since 1977. St. . Hofrenning is a member of the Minnesota, Eighth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court Bar. About the Hamline University Health Law Center Hamline University School of Law will formally launch its new Health Law Center in Fall 2006. The Center will focus on the burgeoning growth of health law, federal regulation of the healthcare system, tort reform, medical device development and regulation, and ethics. Based on the center model that has led to Hamline's Dispute Resolution Institute being named fifth in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, the Health Law Center will develop a symposium program, provide specialized practical training, lawyer education, legal clinics, and significant scholarship in health law and related fields. Hofrenning joins Professor Jonathan Kahn and other Hamline University School of Law faculty members, including Dean Jon Garon, Professor Michael Scherschligt, Professor Cathryn Deal, and Professor Larry Bakken, who currently provide a strong basis for the school's expansion in this area. The Health Law Center's new director Lucinda Jesson and new assistant professor Stacey Tovino will join the school in August 2006 Hamline University School of Law educates students to become competent, professional and ethical lawyers who apply legal knowledge with disciplined imagination and a global perspective that allows them to strengthen society. Hamline's Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures for settling disputes by means other than litigation; e.g., by Arbitration, mediation, or minitrials. Such procedures, which are usually less costly and more expeditious than litigation, are increasingly being used in commercial and labor disputes, Divorce Center is ranked fifth in the nation by U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. . Hamline University School of Law was founded in 1972 and later merged with Hamline University, which is ranked first in Minnesota among comprehensive universities by U.S. News and World Report. |
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