WASHINGTON, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Lynn Shapiro Snyder, founder and president of Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation and a Practice Leader in the Washington, D.C. office of the National Health and Life Sciences Law practice of Epstein Becker & Green P.C., was recently named to Modern Healthcare magazine’s inaugural list of the nation’s “Top 25 Women in Health Care.” This nomination follows Ms. Snyder’s 2002 recognition by Modern Healthcare as one of the “Top 100 Most Powerful People in Health Care.” She will be honored at an awards dinner held by Modern Healthcare on Monday, June 6, 2005 in Chicago.
Ms. Snyder is the only practicing attorney on the list, which includes candidates drawn from every category that influences the nation’s $1.3 trillion health care industry, including politicians, providers, ethicists, analysts, economists, and representatives of associations and interest groups.
The article praises Ms. Snyder for her role in raising awareness of the need for more women members of boards of directors and her work to increase this “horizontal advancement(TM)” of senior executive women. Ms. Snyder and the WBL Foundation received this honor among a select group of established non-profit organizations, including the Health Technology Center, eHealth Initiative, and other companies and government agencies.
In March 2001, Ms. Snyder, with founding sponsor Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., founded the WBL Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, in order to meet the unmet needs of senior executive women and women board members from the U.S. health care industry. “This type of recognition furthers the important mission of the WBL Foundation to assist senior executive women in the health care industry improve their businesses and continue to grow professionally,” said Lynn Shapiro Snyder, whose Foundation works to foster this growth through increased networking opportunities and by expanding the number of these senior executive women who serve as members of a board of directors. In the last four years, Ms. Snyder has grown the WBL Foundation from a select group of 40 to include a network of over 1,000 senior executive women and women board members from across the health care industry - both in the United States and abroad.
The article also praises Ms. Snyder for her role in the legal field. Ms. Snyder has been a health lawyer in the National Health Law and Life Sciences Practice at Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. for more than 25 years. This is one of the largest health care legal practices in the country.
“We’re excited to see Lynn Snyder’s contributions, both in her legal practice and in her Foundation work, so well recognized by the health care industry and by the readers of Modern Healthcare,” said Doug Hastings, another Practice Leader for Epstein Becker & Green’s National Health Care and Life Sciences Practice.
Ms. Snyder serves on the firm’s Finance Committee and Steering Committee for the Health Care and Life Sciences Practice. She also chairs the Third- Party Payment Practice Group, and co-chairs the Health Care Fraud Practice Group. Ms. Snyder’s law practice has been at the cutting edge of changes in Medicare and Medicaid programs, and she has represented some of the leading health care companies in the United States in connection with compliance and health care fraud defense matters.
About Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation(TM)
The Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation ( www.womenleadinghealthcare.org ) was founded in 2001 to assist senior executive women in the health care industry improve their businesses and continue to grow professionally. The objectives to achieve that goal include: (1) to facilitate networking opportunities for senior executive women and women board members in the health care industry; (2) to increase the visibility of senior executive women and women board members in the health care industry; (3) to expand the number of senior executive women in the health care industry; and (4) to expand the number of senior executive women from the health care industry who serve as members of a board of directors.
About Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Founded in 1973, Epstein Becker & Green ( www.ebglaw.com ) has one of the nation’s largest and best-known dedicated health law and life sciences practices, with approximately 100 lawyers who work almost exclusively for health care industry clients. The firm includes some 375 lawyers nationwide with worldwide affiliations. The firm’s size, diversity, and global affiliations allow its attorneys to address the needs of both small entrepreneurial ventures and large multinational corporations on a worldwide basis, including domestic Fortune 100, middle market, and international affiliates.
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