We’re delighted to welcome two new college members and one new workers member: Karen Handorf, Julia Burleson, and Amanda Gabrielle Concepcion.
Karen Handorf, Full Professor of the Follow
Karen L. Handorf, J.D. is a Full Professor of the Follow at CHIR, specializing in the applying of ERISA to employer sponsored medical health insurance, together with fiduciary standing of service suppliers, utility of ERISA’s fiduciary requirements to well being plan fiduciaries, value containment, service supplier claims cost, service supplier charge transparency, and plan participant protections.
From 1982 till 2007, she labored for the U.S. Division of Labor (DOL), offering ERISA litigation and counseling assist to the Worker Profit Safety Administration (EBSA). In 2007, she entered personal follow the place, amongst different issues, she represented well being plan members and fiduciaries in litigation difficult the fiduciary standing of third-party directors (“TPAs”) and TPA practices referring to plan claims knowledge entry, undisclosed charges, cross-plan offsetting, claims adjudication and psychological well being parity. Ms. Handorf additionally suggested employers and different plan sponsors on their ERISA fiduciary duties with respect to their administrative service agreements and ongoing obligation to observe their service suppliers.
Ms. Handorf has testified earlier than the U.S. Home of Representatives Committee on Training & the Workforce, Subcommittee on Well being, Employment, Labor and Pensions on “ERISA’s fiftieth Anniversary: The Path to Greater High quality, Decrease Price Well being Care.” She has additionally testified earlier than the DOL ERISA Advisory Council on the affect of TPA practices on medical health insurance claims.
Ms. Handorf acquired her J.D. from the College of Wisconsin at Madison and her undergraduate diploma from the College of Wisconsin – River Falls.
Julia Burleson, Analysis Fellow
Julia Burleson, MSPH is a Analysis Fellow at CHIR specializing in entry to well being care companies, supplier billing practices, and the affordability of medical health insurance protection.
Earlier than becoming a member of CHIR, Julia labored as a Social Science Analysis Analyst via the Presidential Administration Fellow program on the Middle for Shopper Data and Insurance coverage Oversight (CCIIO) inside the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Providers. There, she primarily carried out analysis to assist develop laws for provisions of the No Surprises Act associated to shopper protections. Julia has beforehand labored on analysis initiatives with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Faculty of Public Well being specializing in HIV prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa, vaccine messaging in India, and the validity and reliability of adherence measures for vitamin, HIV, and diabetes drugs.
She acquired B.A.s in Public Well being and Economics from Johns Hopkins College, and a Masters of Science in Worldwide Well being from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Faculty of Public Well being.
Amanda Gabrielle Concepcion, Analysis Assistant
Amanda Gabrielle Concepcion is a Analysis Assistant at CHIR the place she helps three separate grants specializing in Medicare Benefit, facility charges, and speedy federal coverage evaluation.
Amanda not too long ago earned a B.S. in Information Science from American College, with a minor in Public Well being and a Certificates in Superior Management Research. All through her undergraduate profession, she utilized data-driven approaches to advance public well being initiatives and well being coverage, with a give attention to traditionally marginalized communities.
As a Coverage and High quality Intern on the Affiliation for Group Affiliated Plans, Amanda contributed to high quality administration initiatives geared toward strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Market applications whereas advancing their well being fairness agenda. She has additionally served as a John R. Lewis Undergraduate Public Well being Scholar on the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with Columbia College and labored as a Information Science Intern on the College of Southern California.
