Bruce Merlin Fried is a health care law and policy expert who counsels and represents health plans and insurers, physicians organizations, hospital groups, health care information technology and data companies, pharmaceutical and biotech companies and other health care organizations with regard to Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA and other federal health care programs and policies, and privacy and technology applications in the health care sector. Mr. Fried has more than twenty-five years of experience in health care law and policy, both in the public and private sectors. He served as the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) Director of the Center for Health Plans and Providers where he was responsible for policy and operations for the Medicare program. Prior to that, Mr. Fried was Director of HCFA's office of Managed care where he managed the rapid growth of the Medicare managed care program. Prior to joining the government, Mr. Fried was Vice president of federal Affairs at FHP International Corporation, then one of the nation's largest managed care organizations. Mr. Fried served as Chief Coordinator of the 1992 Clinton/Gore Campaign’s Health Care Advisory Group. After the election, he was a member of the President's Transition Health Policy. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. fried was Executive Vice President of The Wexler Group where he counseled and represented insurers, hospitals, HMO's pharmaceuticals companies, clinicians, consumer groups and philanthropies on legislative and regulatory matters. Prior to 1990, Mr. fried was involved in health care public interest activities and practiced with national, regional, and local legal aid organizations. |
