Bio
As a Legislative Assistant and Lobbyist in Washington, DC, Mr. Kolb worked on a wide range of healthcare issues, including the Labor/HHS budget and appropriations, uncompensated care, antitrust, Medicaid, Medicaid reform, Medicare, prescription drug coverage, FDA regulation, PDUFA, DSH, FMAP, 340B program, FQCHCs, rural health, critical access hospitals, HIPAA, behavioral health, public health, bioterrorism, the national Small Pox vaccination program, West Nile and long-term care. He now advises clients on a wide variety of healthcare issues, including government relations, antitrust, Medicare fraud and abuse, physician and hospital licensure, business organizations, corporate finance, securities regulations, mergers and acquisitions, administrative law, tax, business planning, insurance and ERISA.
Education:
The American University, Washington, DC, cum laude, B.A., August
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX, Juris Doctorate
University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, Masters in Public Health
Courts/Bar Admissions:
Mississippi State Courts
Maryland State Courts
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Professional Memberships & Activities:
American Health Lawyers Association
Mississippi Bar Association
Jackson Young Lawyers Association
Community Activities:
Madison County Foundation
Other Experiences:
National Association of Counties, Washington, DC, Health Lobbyist (April 2002-April 2003).
U.S. Representative Bobby Rush, Washington, DC, Legislative Assistant, (October 2000-April 2002).
Senate Human Resources Com., Senator Judith Zaffirini, Austin, TX, Legislative Aide, (August 1998-May 1999).
American Medical Association, Chicago, IL, Law Clerk (May-Aug. 1996, Dec. 1996 and May-Aug. 1997).
M.D. Anderson, Houston, TX, Law Clerk (January-May 1996).
Boehl, Stopher & Graves, Paducah, KY, Law Clerk, (May-August 1995).
The American Political Network, The Hotline, Washington, DC, Editorial Assistant, (May -September 1994).
Senate Labor & Human Resources Com., Sen. Edward Kennedy, Washington, DC, Clerk, (August 1993-May 1994).
United Nations Disabled Persons Unit, Vienna, Austria, Volunteer, (January-May 1993).
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