
Samantha concentrates her practice on representing health plans, payors, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in transactional and regulatory matters, with a specialized focus on PBM contract negotiation.
Prior to joining Mintz, Samantha was an associate in the Investment Management Group of a New York–based international law firm, where she worked on corporate transactions, fund formations, and securities compliance matters. She has experience assisting with mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and reorganizations, preparing corporate agreements, and advising on compliance issues.
Samantha maintains an active pro bono practice that has included assisting pro bono clients with nonprofit incorporation and advising on asylum and housing matters.
Samantha earned her JD from Columbia University, where she served as a student editor and judge for the Foundation Moot Court and as a staff member of the Columbia Journal of Gender & Law. During law school, Samantha also organized a legal clinic in conjunction with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai’s East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership.
viewpoints
Contract Year 2025 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program
June 6, 2024 | Blog | By Tara E. Dwyer, Samantha Hawkins
As part of its 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule (the Final Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a number of regulatory changes relating to how Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offer supplemental benefits and how they communicate such benefits to plan members. As previewed in the Proposed 2025 Rules, the Final Rule outlines CMS’s intentions to (i) more closely monitor the supplemental benefits that a Medicare Advantage organization (MAO) offers and categorizes as "Special Supplemental Benefits" for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) and (ii) require MA plans to send annual notices to MA plan enrollees regarding their available supplemental benefits.
podcasts
Health Law Diagnosed – New Year's Gratitude
February 3, 2025 | Podcast | By Bridgette Keller, Alison H. Peters, Samantha Kingsbury, Theresa Carnegie, Joanne Hawana, Abdie Santiago, Stephnie John, Pamela Polevoy, Karen Lovitch, Jean D. Mancheno, Deborah Daccord, Rachel A. Alexander, Jane Haviland, David Gilboa, Kathryn Edgerton, Hassan Shaikh, Madison Castle, Laurence Freedman, Priyanka Amirneni, Samantha Hawkins, Tara E. Dwyer, Rachel Yount, Sophia Temis, Xavier Hardy
Host Of Counsel Bridgette Keller invites the Mintz Health Law team to reflect on what they’re grateful for as they prepare for the year ahead. Hear from a dynamic group of Members, Of Counsel, and Associates as they share their perspectives on what’s coming up over the horizon.
Recognition & Awards
Lawyers of Color: Hot List (2022)
National Black Lawyers: “Top 40 Under 40” for New York (2022)