Alexander Hecht
ML Strategies - Executive Vice President & Director of Operations
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Alex is Executive Vice President & Director of Operations, ML Strategies, Washington, DC. He is an attorney with more than 10 years of senior-level experience in Congress and trade associations.
Alex assists clients with their legislative and regulatory needs on a wide range of issues, including health care, telecommunications, cybersecurity & privacy, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), technology, energy, and federal procurement. Prior to joining ML Strategies, Alex served for over six years as chief counsel for Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) on the US Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship. He was the lead policy counsel for Senator Snowe on health insurance market reform, individual and employer-based insurance, ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, and health care tax incentives. He worked on numerous bills, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Small Business Health Fairness Act, and Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act. He advocated for health care legislative and regulatory issues before Senate Finance, HELP, Commerce, and Homeland Security Committees, as well as the US Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Labor. Along with health care policy, he advised Senator Snowe on energy, financial services, innovation, and technology matters.
Alex is regarded as one of the leading congressional staff specialists on the regulatory process and how federal agencies promulgate rules and regulations. He has developed numerous bills and amendments reducing the regulatory compliance burden of business.
Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Alex was a legislative analyst, with a focus on health and environmental regulatory issues, at the National Multi Housing Council. He was also a research clerk at the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, studying Medicaid reimbursement and long-term health insurance planning. Alex was also the chief articles editor for the Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy at the University of Houston Law Center.
viewpoints
TCPA & Consumer Calling Digest - May 2018
May 14, 2018 | Article | By Joshua Briones, Russell Fox, Alexander Hecht, Radhika Bhat, Crystal Lopez, Esteban Morales
TCPA Legislative Update: House and Senate Hold Hearings on Illegal Robocalls
May 14, 2018 | Article | By Alexander Hecht
Straight EB-5 Extension in Proposed Omnibus Appropriations Bill
March 21, 2018 | Blog | By Douglas Hauer, Alexander Hecht, R. Neal Martin
Chilling Effect of Proposed EB-5 Investment Amounts on EB-5 Regional Centers in Rural States
March 9, 2018 | Blog | By Douglas Hauer, Alexander Hecht, R. Neal Martin
Immigration Debate Begins: Prospects for EB-5 Reform & Reauthorization
February 12, 2018 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin, Alexander Hecht, Douglas Hauer
Government Shutdown Ends – Is Immigration Reform on the Horizon?
January 24, 2018 | Blog | By Douglas Hauer, Alexander Hecht, R. Neal Martin
EB-5 Program Extended to January 19, 2018
December 22, 2017 | Blog | By Alexander Hecht, R. Neal Martin
Proposed Framework for EB-5 Reform – Headed for Omnibus in December?
October 24, 2017 | Blog | By Alexander Hecht, R. Neal Martin, Douglas Hauer
Lawmakers May Not Spend Political Capital on Stand-Alone EB-5 Bill
September 28, 2017 | Alert | By Douglas Hauer, Alexander Hecht, R. Neal Martin
Steady as She Goes or Charting a New Course? Employment and Labor Signals in the Trump Administration
April 7, 2017 | Blog | By David Barmak, Alexander Hecht
News & Press
ML Strategies Boss Steve Tocco Hands Over The Reins At Lobbying Shop
January 30, 2023
The Boston Globe covered the change in leadership structure of ML Strategies. The article highlights the promotion of Steven Baddour to Executive Vice President & Director of Operations in the Boston office.
Mintz Named Top Firm in Energy and Eleven Attorneys Featured in JD Supra’s 2017 Reader’s Choice Awards
March 20, 2017
ML Strategies Vice President of Government Relations to Speak at 2016 PACE TCPA Washington Summit
September 13, 2016
Telemedicine Momentum Picking up Steam as New Legislation Introduced in U.S. Senate
February 29, 2016
Events & Speaking
Telehealth Regulation & Enforcement: 2021 Year in Review & 2022 Outlook
Mintz & ML Strategies
Online Event
Telehealth: Keeping Up with the Fast-Moving Federal and State Regulatory Landscape During the COVID-19 Pandemic
View the Webinar Recording
Health Care & Cybersecurity: A Powerful Combination
ML Strategies, 701 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
ATA Annual Telemedicine Meeting and Trade Show
American Telemedicine Association
Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
Recognition & Awards
JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards: a Top Author on the Affordable Care Act (2016)
Champion of Small Business Innovation: "For Exemplary work on behalf of America's SBIR Community" - Presented by Small Business Technology Council and National Small Business Association (2012)
The Council for Excellence in Government: Cutting the Red Tape Excellence Award