Vince Ventimiglia is a principal with FaegreBD Consulting's health and biosciences practice. Previously, Vince served in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where he was Assistant Secretary for Legislation for more than three years, and worked with the Secretary of HHS on a range of food safety initiatives.  He also served previously as a senior staff on key U.S. Senate Committees with policy jurisdiction over and budget responsibility for the Food and Drug Administration. 

Health and Biosciences

Vince focuses on health and biosciences, where he offers clients extensive experience in government and the private sector. Vince's practice emcompasses four main health policy areas of advocacy—FDA regulatory, CMS reimbursement, research and health reform. He develops complex multi-stakeholder coalitions to advance public policy initiatives and secure funding for client priorities. He also manages more traditional government affairs and legislative efforts focused on the U.S. Congress and HHS.

Department of Health and Human Services Experience

Vince served as the department's liaison to Congress and as the Secretary's chief advisor on all legislative matters affecting the department, including policy development and implementation, and legislative staff and operations of the department's science, research, regulatory and public-sector insurance agencies. He also coordinated extensively with other departments of the executive branch, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the White House. His service included:

• Negotiating and working with Congress to enact major Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, biodefense and FDA legislation.
• Working as part of the Secretary's leadership team to develop and implement priority secretarial initiatives, including pandemic flu preparation, value-driven health care, health technology, Medicare prescription drug reform and health insurance access and reform.
• Managing the department's food safety working group during the food import crisis in 2007 and 2008. He also served on the Secretary's leadership team to develop Administration food safety proposals; these proposals evolved to become the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Hill Experience

• Policy Director, Committee on the Budget, U.S. Senate, 2005 — Directed Chairman Judd Gregg's domestic policy operation with responsibility for addressing the full range of policy issues, including entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, the health care system, homeland security, liability and litigation, and Social Security. Achievements include passage of the FY 2006 federal budget and development of reconciliation legislation passed in 2006.
• Health Policy Director, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, U.S. Senate, 2001-05 — Led Chairman Judd Gregg's health policy team in developing and enacting health care policy priorities, including medical technology and FDA regulation, health insurance and the uninsured, biodefense preparedness, liability and intellectual property, bioethics and public health systems. Achievements include enactment of major bioterrorism preparedness legislation, enactment of FDA regulatory and financing reform, and leadership of the Senate Task Force on the Uninsured.
• Counsel, Committee on Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Children and Families, U.S. Senate, 1995-98 — Served subcommittee chairman Dan Coats by developing policy positions and legislative strategies, drafting and enacting legislation, and cultivating public support and legislative consensus regarding issues involving the FDA, private and federal health insurance, public health programs, children and families, welfare reform, and poverty relief programs.  
• Staff Attorney, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1990-94 — Assisted in implementing the commission's legislative affairs through research and analysis, lobbying and legislative drafting. Chaired agency working group and prepared reports examining all aspects of narcotics trafficking, firearm trafficking, violent crimes, career criminals and sentencing issues. Provided counsel on contracting and procurement law and to implement personnel, ethics and equal employment policies. 
• Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Gordon Humphrey, 1985-88 — Directed the Senator's priority legislative project. Staffed Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources health bills.

Other Experience

• Director of the Government Affairs Office, Medtronic, Inc., 1998-2001 — Secured the office's position as the industry leader in health care policy, achieving significant federal and state policy reforms of Medicare reimbursement, FDA regulatory policy, tort liability, international trade and related issues.
• Program Director, Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Partnership, 1988-90 — Directed nonprofit housing and community development corporation that rehabilitated affordable housing for low-income buyers.

Professional Associations

• Maryland State Bar Association
• FuturePanel

Civic Activities

• Takoma Park Soccer Club, National Capital Soccer League — Coach
• St. Francis Builds –Team Leader and member of teams that rebuild homes and schools in Latin America and New Orleans, 2002-current
• St. Camillus Food Pantry – Volunteer, 2010-current
• Indiana University, Kelley School of Business – Guest Lecturer, 2009-current

Presentations

A selection of recent presentations includes:

• Presentation and Discussion of a Proposal for Federal Legislation by the Pharmaceutical Distribution Security Alliance
  California State Board of Pharmacy Enforcement Committee, Burlingame, California, March 21, 2012
• Toward a Destination Unknown: The Coming Health Insurance
  Kinetix Executive Exchange, Online, September 2013
• Elections 2012: What Does it Mean for ACOs?
  Accountable Care Organization, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies, Washington, D.C., December 2012
• Post-Election Wrap-Up
  LifeScience Alley, Minnesota, November 2012
• The Impact of Healthcare Reform
  Cook Medical Healthcare Business Solutions, Phoenix, AZ, September 2012
• The Potential Impact of the Elections and the Supreme Court Decision on Implementation of Health Reform
  Caring Communities, Teton Village, WY, September 2012
• 2014 & Beyond: What Will Healthcare Reform do to the Health Insurance Market
  NOLGHA, Boston, MA, July 2012
• Regulatory Affairs: Washington, D.C. Update
  LifeScience Alley, Minnesota, July 2012

Published Articles

• Protect Patients by Strengthening the Supply Chain
  Roll Call, May 7, 2012
• The Ultimate Ratifier: How Capitol Hill Harnesses UFAs to Reform FDA
  Chapter author, PDUFA & the Expansion of FDA User Fees: Lessons from Negotiators, published by Food and Drug Law Institute, April 2011