Program Brochure

Legal Issues Affecting Academic Medical Centers and Other Teaching Institutions

January 25-26, 2007
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Washington, DC
has provided sponsorship in support of this program.
This program is in cooperation with the Association of American Medical Colleges

Please visit our archive to obtain papers and audio of the sessions presented.

Program Description

The annual Academic Medical Centers program is designed to address the legal issues unique to teaching hospitals and academic medical centers. This program attracts in-house and outside counsel for the nation's leading teaching hospitals and provides an excellent environment for the sharing of best practices and the exploration of new issues. As always, sessions will tackle some of the most cutting-edge and controversial issues in health law and provide concrete advice to attendees on how to handle them. Topics at this year's program will include:

• Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committees
• Legalizing our DNA: The Rise of Genetic Databases
• Finding in OHRP Determination Letters – Indicators of Enforcement Trends
• Exposing and Examining Vendor Relationships
• Public Health Law in Practice: Bioterrorism and Infectious Disease
• Medicare Provider-Based Issues and more.

The Teaching Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers Practice Group luncheon will be held on Thursday, January 25. There is an additional fee of $38 for members of the TH/AMC Practice Group and $43 non-members of the TH/AMC Practice Group. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.

CLE Information

This program will be worth approximately 12.75 credits (including 1.0 ethics credit) for 60-minute states and approximately 15.3 credits (including 1.2 ethics credit) for 50-minute states. Participants will be given CLE Request forms at the program. Forms must be completed and returned to AHLA staff to receive credit. The sessions, unless otherwise designated, are intermediate to advanced in level. There are no prerequisites required to register for this program.

This seminar will be worth approximately 15.0 CPE credits. AHLA is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. NASBA's web site is located at www.nasba.org.

Hotel Information

Ritz-Carlton Hotel
1150 22nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Reservations Phone: (202) 835-0500
Guest Fax: (202) 974-5538
Hotel Reservation Form

Room Rates: $230 single or double occupancy
Hotel cut-off date: Monday, January 8, 2007
Hotel accommodations are not included in the registration fee. When making reservations, please indicate that you are calling for a room in the AHLA room block; the room block may sell out prior to hotel cut-off date.

If you can't be accommodated at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, the Washington Marriott is located about a block from the Ritz. Please call the Marriott directly for reservations.
Washington Marriott
1221 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 872-1500

Travel Information

ASSOCIATION TRAVEL CONCEPTS (ATC) offers these cost saving options:

Airline Discounts

• Up to 15% off the lowest available fare for tickets purchased more than 30 days (United). Restrictions apply.
• 5% off the lowest available fare for tickets purchased prior to the meeting (American Airlines).
• ATC will also search for the lowest available fare on any airline.

Online Booking

• Discount fares can be found using the AHLA Travel Center online booking engine. Go to our website and follow the Member Travel links.

Car Discounts

• Discounted meeting rates (Avis & Enterprise).

Zone Fares

• Region-to-region flat rates.

Make your reservation from one of the following options:

Email: reservations@atcmeetings.com
Web: www.atcmeetings.com
Fax: (858) 362-3153

The above discounts apply for travel January 19-29, 2007. Some restrictions may apply. Service fees apply.

You may also call your own agency or the vendors directly and refer to the following I.D. numbers:

United:	510CK	(800) 521-4041
American Airlines:	A4896AO	(800) 433-1790
Enterprise:	32H7476	(800) 593-0505
Avis:	J947333	(800) 331-1600