Chief compliance officer, secretary, general counsel

William Hust

Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary, General Counsel - MedX12, Inc

Louisville, KY

Work Experience

Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary, General Counsel

MedX12, Inc -

Louisville, KY

2004 to Present

Louisville, KY; an information software & technology sales and services corporation, largely directed to healthcare provider and payer customers; offering products (owned or licensed) including: electronic health records systems, practice management systems, e-prescribe software, healthcare billing software, and mail-order prescription services.
Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary, General Counsel: Activities focus on contracting for corporate product sales and services, business financing negotiations, regulatory compliance (esp. HIPAA, ARRA, GLB & SOX), customer consulting, and employee training re: information privacy and security regs.; Chair Companys coordination with federal and state govt. mandates on 2009 federal stimulus laws application, funding, and utilization guidelines; Supervise corporate contracting and litigation matters; prepare required corp. reporting, employee contracting and procedures training; Board of Directors and shareholder coordination; Member, Privacy and Security Committee of KY Governors Office Electronic Health Information Exchanges Coordinating Council.

Secretary, V.P., Chief Compliance Officer, Counsel

ZirMed, Inc -

Louisville, KY

1999 to 2003

Louisville, KY; start-up health information technology company, offering Internet-based claims processing and practice management systems to healthcare providers, hospitals, and insurance/payer entities.
Secretary, V.P., Chief Compliance Officer, Counsel: Focus on compliance with government regulations on healthcare providers and payers, esp. regarding claim adjudication; revenue cycle management product team and negotiations; negotiate and draft customer contracts on claims submission software and services, payment contracting; maintain and instruct on compliance with information confidentiality and privacy issues; business alliance negotiation; records retention controls; practice management consults for physician groups; health cost reduction negotiations.

Counsel

Goldberg & Simpson, PSC -

Louisville, KY

1995 to 1999

Louisville, KY; Law firm: representing large and medium sized public and private company clients, with focus on integrated healthcare companies, healthcare providers, and fine arts foundations.
Counsel: Member hospital and healthcare team, providing regulatory compliance consultation and contract negotiation services; establish and maintain corporate entities, client business financing services, workforce contract negotiation; client training on confidentiality and privacy laws and other important legal issues.

Legal Counsel, Director-Mid-Market Initiatives

The Travelers Corporation -

Hartford, CT

1985 to 1994

Consult/contract on regulatory compliance (health and insurance) matters; assist Company strategic planning on managed care organizations and products; customer and partner contract negotiations, policy training. Also, Asst.General Counsel, Travelers Financial Planning Sub.; contracting and securities act compliance management.

Counsel, Law Department

Conoco Inc -

Stamford, CT

1979 to 1985

corporate and energy law expertise--headquarters, contracts and compliance,
mergers and acquisitions assistance, negotiations, contracting.

Reid & Priest, PSC

Wall Street -

New York, NY

1974 to 1979

NY corporation law & securities-based financing firm, public utility repres.; US repres. for foreign insurance cos.
Associate Attorney (securities issuance (federal and state); SEC reporting; regulatory compliance, healthcare-hospital regulations and foreign corrupt practices act compliance).

Education

J.D. in Corporate, International, and Health Care Law

Yale Law School -

New Haven, CT

1971 to 1974

M.A. in Riparian and Trade Law Evolution, 1840 Danuube Grain Trade

University of Connecticut (with University of Vienna) -

Storrs, CT

1970 to 1971

BA in European and Latin American History; Austrian History Concentration

University of Connecticut -

Storrs, CT

1966 to 1970