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  • Bruce S. Wolff

    Partner
    Healthcare Industry
     bwolff@manatt.com
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    Washington
    Direct: 202.585.6590
    General: 202.585.6500
    Fax: 202.585.6600
    Education

    Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1968

     

    Amherst College, B.A., 1965
    Bar Admissions

    California

    New York

    Washington, D.C.
    • Profile
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    • Memberships & Activities
    • Speaking Engagements

    Profile

    Bruce Wolff serves as Administrative Partner for the D.C. office. His practice focuses on healthcare transactions including mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, managed care, nonprofit institutions and healthcare regulatory matters, public policy and strategic planning.

    Mr. Wolff has been in private law practice in New York City and Washington, DC for over thirty years. He has extensive experience with sophisticated corporate transactions (both domestic and international) representing institutional, group and individual providers, managed care companies, underwriters and venture capital investors, and others serving or financing elements of the healthcare sector. He also has a broad range of regulatory and compliance experience; has developed a number of ground-breaking for-profit/non-profit collaborations; has negotiated the health benefit plan coverage for various Fortune 500 companies; and has been deeply involved in various innovative public policy and strategic planning initiatives over the years. He has represented a number of educational institutions, technology-oriented entities, and a variety of non-profit organizations, including national public charities.

    Mr. Wolff previously served as Vice President and Senior Counsel for Health Operations at Aetna Life and Casualty, in charge of all legal, regulatory and state government affairs for Aetna’s health and group insurance businesses. He served on the Management Council of Aetna Health Plans, responsible for running Aetna’s health businesses, and on the Chairman’s Health Strategy Group, responsible for determining Aetna’s strategic direction in healthcare.

    Mr. Wolff was a Special Assistant to Secretary Joseph Califano at the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), where, among other things, he was in charge of revitalizing the Federal HMO program and convincing large national employers to offer and encourage HMOs. He has also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation at HEW, where his responsibilities included the HEW budgetary process on Capitol Hill.

    Representative Matters

    Honors & Awards

    Publications

    Memberships & Activities

    Admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.

    Member, Board of Directors, 1992–96; and National Counsel, 1986–92; Muscular Dystrophy Association and Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon.

    Former Chairman, Committee on Medicine and Law, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

    Former Chairman, D.C. Citizens Advisory Council to the Medicaid Program.

    Former Chairman, Special Committee on Health Care Systems, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

    Chairman, International Conference on Polish Health System Reform, Warsaw, 1998.

    Member, National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine Panel on Employer Utilization Review Activities.

    Speaking Engagements

    Numerous public speaking appearances, ranging from keynote addresses to participation in programs/panels throughout the U.S., and various other presentations/teaching appearances, ranging from classroom settings to Board rooms, on health policy, corporate governance and other topics.