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RECENT EVENTS
HLA 12th Annual Breakfast a Huge
Success -
over $450,000 Raised:
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL SUPPORTERS!!
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| Jimmy Tingle and Barbara Anthony |
On November 6th, HLA held its annual benefit at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. Over 1,000 supporters and friends gathered for the early morning event. The morning's highlight was a side-splitting performance by Boston's own Jimmy Tingle, the social and political humorist. After the scheduled performer cancelled at the last minute, Mr. Tingle jumped in to save the day with a remarkable performance of great wit and high energy.
Another highlight of the morning was the honoring of HLA's founding executive director, Laurie Martinelli. HLA announced the establishment of the Laurie Martinelli Internship Fund to provide financial support to HLA's dedicated legal interns.
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| Laurie Martinelli with her parents |
DONATIONS to the Martinelli Internship Fund can be made by emailing lhealey@hla-inc.org
HLA's Brown Bag Luncheon Series
On September 26, 2007, HLA launched its new Law and Policy Forum Brown Bag Luncheon Series with a discussion led by Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. HLA's goal for the Luncheon Series is to bring friends of HLA together in an informal setting to discuss health care law and policy issues that impact the cost, delivery and quality of health care in Massachusetts.
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| Legal Network Manager Matt Selig and Gov. Dukakis |
Upcoming Brown Bag Luncheons:
January 16, 2008
Judith Kurland, Chief of Staff to Mayor Thomas Menino, leads the discussion, "Bait and Switch: Medicare Part D and Other Scams."
February 13, 2008
Honorable Margot Botsford, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. Discussion topic TBD.
March 20, 2008
Patricia McGovern, General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Corporate and Community Affairs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Discussion topic TBD.
For more information, or to RSVP for these events, please contact lhealey@hla-inc.org
HLA Supports Bill to Require Hospitals to Report Infection Rates
On September 12, 2007, HLA Executive Director Barbara Anthony told the Committe on Public Health that hospital infection rates should be made public to increase transparency and spur competition among hospitals for the lowest infection rates. Said Anthony, "consumers care about quality and will use this information to make sound decisions about which hospitals they want to go to and which hospitals they want in their health plan's network."
To read the complete testimony,
click here.
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