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
A Continued Examination of Charitable Patient Assistance Programs Part Six in a Series: What the Scope of Services Says About a Charitable PAP
August 15, 2013 | Advisory | By Alexander Hecht, Joseph Hammang
A Continued Examination of Charitable Patient Assistance Programs Part Four in a Series: Staying True to the Definition of an Independent, Nonprofit Charitable PAP
July 25, 2013 | Alert | By Joseph Hammang, Alexander Hecht
Examining Charitable Patient Assistance Programs Part Three in a Series: Using Third Parties to Evaluate Charitable PAPs
July 11, 2013 | Alert | By Joseph Hammang, Alexander Hecht
Examining Charitable Patient Assistance Programs Part Two in a Series: Independent Audits of Charitable Entities
July 1, 2013 | Alert | By Joseph Hammang, Alexander Hecht
Examining Charitable Patient Assistance Programs: Careful Due Diligence Yields Responsible Investment Decisions
June 13, 2013 | Alert | By Joseph Hammang, Alexander Hecht
President’s 2014 Budget Proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
April 12, 2013 | Advisory | By Stephen Weiner, Alexander Hecht, Joseph Hammang
Hints of Bipartisan Cooperation on Health Issues in the Energy & Commerce Committee
January 28, 2013 | Advisory | By Alexander Hecht, Joseph Hammang, Gary Bacher, Tom Koutsoumpas, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Kevin Kappel, Robert Skinner
Supreme Court Will Not Hear Stem Cell Funding Petition
January 11, 2013 | Advisory | By Joseph Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Robert Skinner
Late Action To Avert “Fiscal Cliff” Includes Several Health Policy Changes
January 3, 2013 | Alert | By Stephen Weiner, Alexander Hecht, James Sasso, Kevin Kappel
Affordable Care Act Implementation During Obama’s Second Term
November 7, 2012 | Blog | By Karen Lovitch , 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