Regulatory & Government Affairs
Health Care

Harrisburg
717.234.6340
610.371.7389 fax
sem@stevenslee.com

As Executive Director of Federal Affairs, Scott works with clients in federal matters, with a focus on health care. His work is grounded in 27 years of experience in government relations and health policy. He assists hospitals and health care providers throughout Pennsylvania with federal policies, appropriations and regulatory issues in support of their objectives. He also represents technology organizations with health care oriented technology issues and funding.

Scott is a veteran government affairs specialist in Washington, D.C. and has garnered bipartisan support in lobbying on behalf of numerous hospitals, health systems and health care issues. He uses his extensive experience in grassroots advocacy to advise clients on how to work effectively with legislators and become stronger advocates. A recognized expert in Medicare Area Wage Index issues and reclassification strategies, Mr. Malan successfully led two separate hospital reclassifications efforts that resulted in significant increases in Medicare funding for those clients.

Before joining Stevens & Lee, Scott was Vice President of Federal Affairs for a large Harrisburg, PA-based government relations firm, where he represented numerous hospital and health care providers before Congress in significant federal health care appropriations and legislative matters. He also served as Vice President of Legislative Services at the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), where he directed federal advocacy campaigns that gained Pennsylvania hospitals and health systems hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicare disproportionate share payments and Medicaid funding. Scott also helped secure key sponsorships for several of the national hospital community’s flagship payment and medical liability reform measures, and consistently delivered widespread and bipartisan support for these measures from the Pennsylvania congressional delegation. He organized Capitol Hill visits and legislative and executive briefings for hospitals and health system members during the annual AHA meeting in Washington, D.C.

Prior to working for HAP, Scott was the Director of Federal Government Affairs for the Illinois Hospital Association (IHA), where he represented the interests of 250 Illinois hospitals in executive and legislative branches of state government and in Washington, DC. He also represented IHA member hospitals in coalition actions that resulted in changes in national Medicare policy with significant benefit to Illinois hospitals. Scott began his career working as the Director of Public Relations and Fundraising at the Greenville Regional Hospital (formerly Utlaut Memorial Hospital).

Scott has served on numerous campaign and health care advisory committees for U.S. Senator Arlen Specter and former U.S. Senators Harris Wofford, John Heinz and Paul Simon, as well as U.S. Congressmen Phil English and Tim Holden.

Education:
University of Dallas, M.A., Political Philosophy, 1981
Illinois State University, B.A., Political Science, 1977
Universidad Nacional de Mexico, Summer, 1976

Selected Speaking Engagements:
“Public Policy Update.” Congress on Administration sponsored by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). Chicago, IL 2002 and 2003

Professional Associations/Civic Affiliations:

• Pennsylvania Society of Washington, DC. Board of Directors
• Holy Spirit Health System, Camp Hill, PA. Former Board member, Marketing and Public Relations Committee
  
• Children's Resource Center of Pinnacle Health System, Harrisburg, PA. Former Board member
  
• State Association of Government Relations Officers, past Chair
• AHA Advisory Committees
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society, MS Leadership
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