This unique, biennial conference brings healthcare leaders and stakeholders together to explore the latest issues confronting healthcare and alternative dispute resolution.

The conference co-chairs – Michelle Johnson Tidjani, Senior Vice President & General Counsel for Henry Ford Health System and Steven Burstein, Senior Associate General Counsel of United Healthcare Services, Inc. – have identified a number of timely topics with distinguished faculty.

The conference sessions will cover:

• Managed Care and Provider Contracting
• Current Issues Impacting Payors and Providers
• Anatomy of an Arbitration Claim: Notice through Award and Appeal
• Court Decisions Impacting Arbitration
• Peering into the Arbitrator’s Brain: How is your Large Complex Healthcare Case Evaluated?

AAA EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
As part of its long-standing, ongoing educational mission, the American Arbitration Association grants a limited number of scholarships that cover the cost of educational program registration. Scholarship eligibility is limited to students, government workers, retired professionals, arbitrators/mediators who are no longer active on the AAA roster, and others as may be determined by the AAA. To request a registration fee scholarship, please send an email to Scholarships@adr.org. Include your current position and affiliation, and a brief description of the basis for your registration fee scholarship request. The American Arbitration Association reserves the right to grant or deny any request based on the information provided by the requesting individual and available space in the program.

If you are an AAA Panelist please note this program does not satisfy your annual Arbitrator Continuing Education (ACE) requirement. 

Hotel Information:

A special block rate is available at the W Austin.  Please call the hotel at 1-866-961-3327, or use the link below, and reference the American Arbitration Association® Healthcare Dispute Conference.

Hotel group rate for AAA HC Dispute Conference

CLE Information:

West LegalEdcenter is procuring continuing legal education (CLE) credits on behalf of American Arbitration Association. CLE credit is offered for this program in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Credit amounts vary by attendance verification and jurisdictional rules and cannot be confirmed in advance of the program.

Questions?

Please contact Michelle Skipper at skipperm@adr.org or 704-643-8605.