2022 Champions for Mental Health Awards

 

Tuesday, October 25th – 5:30pm

Bank of NH Stage – Concord, NH

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Lucy Hodder has devoted her career to improving access to healthcare. Lucy is fueled by a strong belief in integrated health, a system of care that joins physical health, mental health and substance use disorders. Her vision for an inclusive, equitable, and affordable healthcare system in the Granite State is unparalleled and is exemplified through her work in healthcare law and policy, her leadership at numerous non-profits, and in educating the next generation of attorneys.

Lucy Hodder is a Professor of Law and the Director of Health Law and Policy Programs at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law and the Institute for Health Policy and Practice (IHPP).  The UNH Health Law and Policy Programs are a collaboration between the Franklin Pierce School of Law, IHPP and the UNH College of Health and Human Services.

At UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, Lucy directs and supervises the J.D. Certificate in Health Law and Policy and teaches a variety of courses on health law and bioinnovation.  Lucy focuses her legal research on healthcare system reform to improve access and affordability. Lucy leads multi-disciplinary teams collaborating with public and private sector stakeholders to support health law and policy change, including, but not limited to, strategies to improve sustainability of the health and mental health care system, a caring framework to implement federal requirements around plans of supportive care for infants born exposed to substances, education for providers around compliance with substance use disorder privacy rules in supportive care environments, strategy for implementing alternative payment model goals in the Medicaid program, guides to help families navigate health insurance coverage, coalition planning for the implementation of the 988 crisis response system in New Hampshire and tracking community needs in areas impacted by hospital system affiliations.

Lucy is an experienced health care and regulatory attorney of over 30 years. From 2013 through 2015, Lucy served as Legal Counsel to New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan and her Senior Health Care Policy Adviser, working with the Governor on initiatives to expand access to health, mental health and substance use disorder coverage and services, including the development of New Hampshire’s Health Protection Program (the original Medicaid expansion plan).

Previously a shareholder in the firm of Rath, Young and Pignatelli, P.C, and Chair of the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group, Lucy advised providers and businesses on strategic affiliations to navigate the changing health care regulatory environment.

Prior to private practice, Lucy served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Bureau of the New Hampshire Department of Justice, litigating cases involving the State of New Hampshire and advising state agencies. Lucy began her career as an associate at Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison in San Francisco, and clerked for the Honorable Martin L.C. Feldman, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.

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