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October 2008 Section Links • HCLS Website • Council Information • Writing Competition • Health Law Index • Reports • Section Listservs • Seminar Materials • e-Newsletter Bar Links • SBM Website • Calendar of Events • Public Policy	News Chair’s Letter from Ann Hollenbeck: Our new Section year officially began on September 23 at our Annual Meeting. It was a wonderful half-day program in a beautiful setting with well-versed speakers. Many thanks to the Annual Meeting Committee (Lisa Panah, Joanne Lax, Beth Derwin, Joy Berent, and Tom Trenta) for its hard work. At our Business Meeting, we elected the following persons to serve on the Council: Second Term (first term expiring): Amy Barkholz Beth Derwin Rob Iwrey Joanne Lax Carol Tarnowsky First Term (new Council members): John Anderson Joan Lowes The Council subsequently elected the following officers: Chair-Elect: Joanne Lax Treasurer: Margaret Marchak Secretary: Marta Hoffman In addition, we announced the Substantive Law Committee and Substantive Law Subcommittee Positions as follows: SLC Chair: Joan Lowes SLC Vice-Chair: Tom McGraw Medical Legal SLS: Trish Shabath-Chair, Steve Bender, Patrick Haddad Payors SLS: Patrick Shannon-Chair, Christine Pfeiifer, Chris Cobb Providers SLS: Jennifer Benedict-Chair, Chris Shride, Margaret Chamberlain Technology: Mark Kopson-Chair, John Hazewinkel, Deborah Williamson Legislative Update: Laura Napiewocki-Chair, Cara Nieboer Lastly, as you know, we have established a new Publications Committee: John Anderson—Co-Chair Donna O’Connor—Co-Chair James Heath Monica Navarro Greg Nowakowski Susan Patton Billie Lightvoet Ward Please join me in welcoming these volunteers to our Section positions. I thank them in advance for their efforts. And once again, please join me in thanking Lisa Panah, our outgoing Section Chair, for a great year. Law Student Writing Competition At the Annual Meeting, we announced the winners of our Law Student Writing Competition. Congratulations to: First place: Dr. Harold Gallick Second place: Lindsey Hoffman The competition’s topic followed that of our Annual Meeting regarding ethical, legal, and business implications of voluntarily disclosing medical errors to patients. See the winners’ papers.	Section Events October 14 Teleconference on The New Stark Regulations: Content and CMS Commentary from noon to 1:30 p.m. Other Events Sept.-May ICLE's Business Boot Camp I