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"Bruce's experience in healthcare policy will be a tremendous asset to ourfirm, particularly at a time when regulators are proposing major healthcarereforms. Right now, our clients are struggling with how to manage the risks oftoday's social and political environment, while preparing for andunderstanding the implications of proposed reforms," said Rick Wallace,managing partner, HSAS.
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Among other duties, Bruce will be the East Coast director for thepractice's academic medical center practice, and focus on issues such asgraduate medical education, policy strategy, cost management, reimbursement,and compliance.
From 1993 to 1997, Vladeck was administrator of the Health Care FinancingAdministration (HCFA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Inthat role, he directed the Medicare and Medicaid programs providing healthinsurance to more than 65 million Americans. At the state-level, Vladeckserved as the assistant commissioner for health planning and resourcesdevelopment with the New Jersey Department of Health from 1979 to 1982. Hewas previously with Ernst & Young from 2004 until he assumed his duties atUMDNJ.
Vladeck previously taught at Columbia University and the Mount SinaiSchool of Medicine in New York, and spent ten years as the President of theUnited Hospital Fund of New York. He is a member of the New York City Board ofHealth, and a Trustee of the March of Dimes and the Medicare Rights Center.
Vladeck is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan,where he received his Ph.D. in political science. Vladeck's awards includethe 1998 President's Award of the American Society on Aging. Vladeck is alsothe author of Unloving Care: The Nursing Home Tragedy.
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