Frank Kolb

About Frank Kolb

Health law, legislation, regulation, and policy expert specializing in the following areas: prescription drug approval, supply chain, prescribing, and reimbursement; the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA); the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA); excepted benefits; public health, including COVID-19 legislation, regulations, and subregulatory guidance; the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) and substance use disorder legislation and regulation; Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP), Medicaid and Medicare programs; False Claims Act (FCA); Stark Self-Referral Act; Anti-Kickback Statute; health-related consumer protection statutes and antitrust prohibitions.

Experience

1. Federal Legislative Affairs Director

   ASHP

   Oct 2022 — Present

   Direct ASHP’s federal legislative advocacy efforts, including lobbying, analyzing legislation, preparing legislative days, and providing communications and testimony on pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit manager oversight, AI, the 340B program, substance use disorder treatment, drug shortages, and Medicare, Medicaid, and private coverage pharmaceutical reimbursement issues. • Coordinate with other organizations on ASHP’s legislative issues• Present at ASHP’s mid-year, summer, and legislative day meetings, as well as on podcasts• Advise ASHP’s PAC and represent ASHP at PAC events.

Education

• UTHealth Houston

  MPh, Public Health

  1998 — 2000

• University of Houston Law Center

  JD, Law

  1994 — 1998

• American University

  BA, Political Science & Philosophy

  1990 — 1993