Mr. Bruce Fried

Council Member Biography

Bruce Merlin Fried is a Partner in the Washington, DC office of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. He is a health care law and policy expert who counsels and represents health plans and insurers, physician organizations, hospital groups, health care information technology and data companies, pharmaceutical and biotech companies and other health care organizations with regard to Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA and other federal health care programs and policies, and privacy and technology applications in the health care sector. Mr. Fried has more than 25 years of experience in health care law and policy, both in the public and private sectors. He served as the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) Director of the Center for Health Plans and Providers, where he was responsible for policy and operations for the Medicare program. Prior to that, Mr. Fried was Director of HCFA's Office of Managed Care, where he managed the rapid growth of the Medicare managed care program. Prior to joining the government, Mr. Fried was Vice President of Federal Affairs at FHP International Corporation, then one of the nation's largest managed care organizations. Mr. Fried served as Chief Coordinator of the 1992 Clinton/Gore Campaign's Health Care Advisory Group. After the election, he was a member of the President's Transition Health Policy Team. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Fried was Executive Vice President of The Wexler Group. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2003 - Unspecified

Partner, SONNENSCHEIN, NATH & ROSENTHAL, LLP