Spring ‘20: Health Care Law
Service is the Connection
Between CBA and OhioHealth BY LINDSAY FORD ELLIS
Last fall, Columbus Bar Association executive director, Jill Snitcher, approached me with a novel idea. She asked, “Would OhioHealth be willing to partner with the CBA by serving as the host of several health care law committee meetings?” When I asked Terri Meldrum, senior vice president and general counsel for OhioHealth, about the idea, she did not hesitate and enthusiastically agreed. At first blush, the Columbus Bar Association and OhioHealth would not necessarily seem to be natural partners. The CBA is a diverse community of nearly 5,000 central Ohio legal professionals. OhioHealth is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit, charitable, health care system. OhioHealth has been recognized as one
of the top five large health systems in America by IBM Watson Health™, an honor received six times. OhioHealth has 29,000 associates, physicians and volunteers, and a network of 12 hospitals, 200+ ambulatory sites, hospice, home health, medical equipment and other health services spanning 47 Ohio counties. Although the organizations are vastly different, they are aligned in their missions of service. The mission of the CBA is to strive to be the leader in providing excellent, innovative and cost effective services to members of the legal profession and the general public in central Ohio. Through the active involvement of a broad and diverse membership, the CBA focuses on professionalism, education, advocacy and community service in order to advance the justice system for all. The mission of OhioHealth is to improve the health of those we serve. The vision of OhioHealth is to be a place where people want to work, where physicians want to practice and,
Service was front and center in our minds as our office worked with the CBA to put together a threepart series to show how attorneys who practice in the health care industry provide excellent legal service to their clients. 46 | Columbus Bar L aw yers Quarterly Spring 2020
