HOWELL HEALTH LAW represents clients on issues related to medical reimbursement, fraud and abuse, managed care and physician practice management.

PROFILE

 

Bruce Frederick Howell is one of the pioneers in practice of health law and the former head of the Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt Healthcare Industry Group.

He recently established the Howell Health Law boutique firm and has, for 12 consecutive years, been awarded Best Lawyers in America. He has practiced in the heath law field for over 30 yrs and was one of the founders of the Dallas (Texas) Bar Association’s Health Law Section. He is also one of the first attorneys to become a Board Certified Health Lawyer by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 2002.

Mr. Howell has worked on a vast array of issues across the health industry spectrum and, as a Distinguished Professor from Practice, he also teaches at the Willamette University College of Law.

 

LEADERSHIP ROLES AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Member Board of Directors, DePaul Treatment Centers

  • Fellow of the American Bar Foundation

  • Distinguished professor from Practice at Willamette University College of Law

  • ABA Medical Research, Biotechnology and Clinical Ethical Issues Interest Group, Past Chair

  • American Bar Association

  • Dallas Bar Association - Health Law Section, Founder and Past Chair

  • State Bar of Texas - Health Law Section, Past Chair

  • French American Chamber of Commerce - Past Member, Board of Directors

  • Southwest Transplant Alliance - Board of Directors, Past Vice Chair; Governance Committee, Chair

  • University of North Texas School of Medicine - Past Member, Institutional Review Board

  • UT Southwestern Medical School, University of North Texas

  • American Bar Association publication, Health Lawyer - Chair, Editorial Board

  • Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Health Law Exam Commission - Past Member

  • Life Fellow - Dallas Bar Foundation

  • President, Board of Directors, All Classical Public Media, Inc. (WQAC 89.9), Portland, OR

  • Member, The Arlington Club, Portland, OR

  • Invitee, The Renaissance Weekends, Hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. Phillip Lader

 

SPEAKING OUT (PARTIAL LIST)

PUBLICATIONS

  • “Was It ‘Jiggery Pokery’ or Did Everyone Miss the Point?,” The Health Lawyer (American Bar Association) Spring 2016

  • “Supreme Court’s Health Care Act Decision Resonates in Oregon,” Portland Business Journal (June 2015)

  • “Can A Corporation Be Baptized?,” the Health Lawyer (American Bar Association Health Law Section) (March 4, 2015)

  • “Are We There Yet? The Continuing Travails of the Affordable Care Act,” Healthcare Finance Management Association (Oregon Chapter) (May 15, 2014)

  • “Will Cover Oregon, Cover Oregon?” Portland Business Journal (May 2014)

  • “9 Questions That Are Still Hanging Over Cover Oregon,” Portland Business Journal (April 29, 2014

  • “It’s That Time of Year (Religious Challenges to the Affordable Care Act),” Portland Business Journal (December 2013)

  • “One More Time With Feeling: PPACA Cases Post 2012,” ABA Health eSource, (2012)

  • “A Matter of Conscience (Recent Religious Challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act),” ABA Health eSource (February 2013)

  • “Religious Challenges Could Reverse Reform Provisions,” Portland Business Journal (February 1, 2013)

  • “The Regulatory Aspects of Interoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring [in process]

  • “The Corporate Practice of Medicine and Accountable Care Organizations,” ABA Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases (March 2012)

PRESENTATIONS

  • The Affordable Care Act, Texas State Bar Health Law Section Annual Conference, October 11, 2015

  • The Affordable Care Act: Recent Developments, Seattle University, August 11, 2015

  • Are We There Yet? The Continuing Travails of the Affordable Care Act, OHSU, September 23, 2014

  • Clinical Integration, Health Care Information, and the Alignment of Incentives, May 14, 2014

  • Challenges to the Affordable Care Act, Clark County (Washington) Bar Association (January 8, 2014)

  • Post Supreme Court Challenges to the Affordable Care Act, Oregon State Bar Health Law Section (December 13, 2013)

  • Recent Challenges to the Affordable Care Act, Multnomah Bar Association (December 18, 2013)

  • Health Care Reform Update, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (May 20, 2013)

  • Health Care Reform - Where Are We Now? ACPEN Health Industry Update (May 15, 2013)

  • Regulatory Update - 2012, Oregon Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, November 8, 2012

  • Legal Implications of Health Care Reform, Oregon State Bar Health Law Section, October 28, 2012

  • Implications of Health Care Reform, Oregon Association of Legal Administrators, October 19, 2012

  • Implications of the Supreme Court’s Deciion in the NFIB v. Sibelius, et al, Texas State Bar Health Law Section Annual Conference October 16, 2012

  • The Health Care Reform Cases: The Court Speaks on the imits of Congressional Power, Program Chair, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 4, 2012

EDUCATION

  • University of North Texas, Master of Science, Statistical Genetics (2002)

  • University of Michigan Law School, Juris Doctor (1974)

  • University of Michigan, Bachelor of Arts (1967)

  • New York University, courses toward LLM in Trade Regulation (1981)