Elizabeth E. Hogue is an attorney in private practice with extensive experience in health care. Prior to becoming an attorney, she was employed as a personnel manager by a Blue Cross-Blue Shield Plan. She studied at the University of Maryland School of Law, concentrating in health law. She gained considerable clinical experience, course work and employment experience in this area. She graduated cum laude. Following her admission to the Bar, she developed an active practice in health law. She represents clients all over the country. Her clients are professional associations, physicians, managed care providers, ACOs and institutional health care providers, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, durable medical equipment companies, private duty agencies and hospices. She has also represented a number of individual providers and case managers concerning health-related issues. Ms. Hogue has given approximately 1000 presentations on health-related topics. She has authored more than 650 articles that are regularly included in trade association publications and other journals. Her books include Nursing Case Law Reporter, Informed Consent, Legal Liability, Medicare/Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, Contracting with Managed Care Providers, Ethics Manual, Termination of Services to Patients: Use of Policies and Procedures to Avoid Liability for Abandonment, Case Management: Legal Issues, How to Develop a Fraud and Abuse Compliance Plan, How to Form Alliances Without Violating the Law, Wound Care: Legal Issues, and How Marketers Can Get Referrals without Breaking the Law. Ms. Hogue is a Life Member of the American Health Lawyers Association.