Mintz Levin Attorney Stephen Weiner to Participate as a Panelist at the Annual Convention of the American Society for Clinical Oncology
6/7/2010
Boston, MA – Stephen M. Weiner, Chair of the Health Law Practice at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC, will be a panelist at the 2010 American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting on June 4-8, 2010 at McCormick Place in Chicago. This year's meeting theme is "Advancing Quality Through Innovation."
Mr. Weiner will participate on a panel with leading cancer researchers, professors and physicians to address conflicts of interest that affect physicians as researchers, educators and clinicians on Monday, June 7, 2010. More than 30,000 cancer specialists from around the world attend ASCO's Annual Meeting to discuss the latest innovations in research, quality, practice and technology in cancer.
Practicing in the firm's Boston office, Mr. Weiner has over 30 years of experience in the health care field as a policy maker, educator, and attorney representing health care services providers in a broad array of legal matters, including strategic positioning, structuring of payer strategies, and clinical integration initiatives. He has also been integral in developing, monitoring, and restructuring relationships between hospitals and physicians, in representing providers in regulatory and reimbursement matters and working on matters specific to academic medical centers.
ASCO is the world's leading professional organization representing physicians who treat people with cancer. ASCO's members set the standard for patient care worldwide and lead the way in carrying out clinical research aimed at improving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
Mintz Levin's Health Law Practice is comprised of over 30 attorneys, many of whom have served as in-house counsel or have held senior government positions. The practice represents both for-profit and non-profit companies who provide health care or service the health care industry throughout the U.S. and abroad. The firm's cross-disciplinary approach equips Mintz Levin attorneys to solve problems throughout the industry, enabling our clients to focus on what counts: providing cost-effective, quality patient care. Clients span the full spectrum of the industry, including hospital systems, managed care organizations, laboratories, long term care providers, durable medical equipment suppliers, behavioral health companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, retail pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers.
