How Can the LLM in Health Law and Policy Help Advance My Career?
Earning your Master of Laws in Health Law and Policy offers extensive opportunities to work with a diversity of clients. As a lawyer who specializes in health law, you could take on the role of in-house counsel. You could also be an external consultant who provides advice to hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, health insurance organizations, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, residential living facilities and home care agencies, as well as representing physicians and patients.
Since the health care system is such a complicated network, a day in the life of a lawyer who specializes in health law could focus on a number of different legal practice areas:
- Medical Malpractice
- Tax and Nonprofit
- Securities
- Reimbursement
- Quality of Care
- Litigation
- General Corporate
- Real Estate
- Elder Law
- Privacy
- Research
- Clinical Trials
- Liability
- Finance
- Antitrust
- Fraud and Abuse
- Health Information Technology
- Health Insurance and Regulation
- Medical Records
- Employment and Labor Law
- Workers’ Compensation
- Corporate Compliance
Sampling of Where Our Graduates Have Worked
Aetna CVS Health
Allergan
Anthem Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Atria Senior Living
Bay Area Medical Center
Bon Secours Mercy Health,
Cincinnati OH
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
Centers for Disease Control
Child Life Pediatrics
Cigna Healthcare
Coney Island Hospital
Dean Health Plan Inc.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Holzer Center for Cancer Care
Humana Inc.
Jamaica Hospital
John Hopkins Comm. Hospital
Kaiser Permanente Health System
LIJ Medical Center
Massapequa Dermatology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York City Coalition Against Hunger (SNAP benefits)
Northwell Health
New York State Office of Temporary Disability Assistance
Pro-Choice Maryland
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES)
Start-up Africa Newark
Stony Brook University, SUNY
United States Navy
University of Utah Medical Center
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