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BIOGRAPHY
Gordon Apple serves as an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association on its commercial, complex case and health care panels and as an arbitrator with the American Health Law Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution panel. Mr. Apple has also been engaged as an independent medical staff hearing officer.
Mr. Apple formerly authored the chapter on ADR for AHLA's Health Law Digest and helped develop and served as one of four faculty for AHLA's three day intensive health law mediation course. Mr. Apple has served as a Vice Chair of the AHLA's Health Information and Technology Practice Group and two terms as Chair of the Health Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. Mr. Apple has authored numerous articles and book chapters on health law topics and has spoken at dozens of national and regional legal education and other health law related conferences.
After 6 years in private practice at the St. Paul law firm of Maun and Simon, Mr. Apple served as General Counsel to Ramsey Clinic Associates - a major multi-specialty academic physician practice, Ramsey Foundation and St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, a Level I trauma center. Subsequently, Mr. Apple maintained a solo health law practice for over 25 years representing clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to individual health care professionals.
Mr. Apple is a 1982 graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Law. Following law school, Mr. Apple had the honor of serving as a Fellow with the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council and its Committee on National Statistics. Mr. Apple has an AV® rating with Martindale-Hubbell.
Prior to law school, Mr. Apple worked as a paralegal at Wilmer Cutler and Pickering and Reid and Priest in Washington, D.C.
Admitted to Practice
Minnesota - 1985
SELECTED ARTICLES & PRESENTATIONS
Contributing Author, Apple, Gordon and Professor Haavi Morreim, JD, PhD, “Understanding the Impact of “Artificial Intelligence” on the Future Practice of Law and Medicine” HEALTH LAW HANDBOOK, (2021 Edition) WestGroup, a Thomson Company
Seminar Faculty: "Understanding the Impact of “Artificial Intelligence” on the Future Practice of Law and Medicine" - Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute - American Health Lawyers Association, Gordon J. Apple and Professor Haavi Morreim, JD, PhD, Phoenix, AZ (Feb. 2020)
Seminar Faculty: "Mediating Health Care Controversies" - American Health Lawyers Association, Arlington, VA (April 2018)
Seminar, "The Nexus Between Technology and Legal Ethics" - Annual Meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA (June 2017)
Seminar, "Health Care Disputes - ADR v. Litigation" - Representing Health Care Providers - Key Issues, Minnesota CLE, Gordon J. Apple, Gail F. Brandt & Chad Stratham, Minneapolis, MN (January 2016)
Article. "What Happens in Peer Review Stays in Peer Review!" AHLA Weekly, August 21, 2015.
Seminar. "US Supreme Court Update" - The 2015 Health Law Institute, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, MN (June 2015)
Seminar Faculty: "Mediating Health Care Controversies" - American Health Lawyers Association, Austin, TX (May 2015)
Seminar Faculty: "Mediating Health Care Controversies" - American Health Lawyers Association, New Orleans, LA, (November 2014)
Co-Author & Editor, “Lawyers as Business Associates: No Excuses” AHLA Connections, Vol. 18, No. 6 June 2014, pp. 42-47
Seminar. "Legal Ethics - Rules of Professional Conduct that Intersect with HIPAA Requirements" - Current HIT Challenges: mHealth, Big Data and HIPAA Compliance, American Health Lawyer's Association, Gordon J. Apple and Robert Wells, Baltimore, MD (April 2014)
Seminar. "Compliance Challenges Under the HIPPA/HITECH Omnibus Rule" - The 2014 Care of the Aging Conference, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, MN (February 2014)
Article: Apple, Gordon J. (2013). " Lawyers as Business Associates Under HIPAA: Are You Ready?" Bench and Bar of Minnesota, March, Vol. LXX, No. III
Article: Apple, Gordon J. (2010). “Federal Health Care Reform: A Renewed Commitment to Program Integrity.” Bench and Bar of Minnesota, May/June, Vol. 67, No. 5
Seminar: “Foundations of Health Law” The 19th National Institute on Health Care Fraud – American Bar Association, Beth Schermer, Paul DeMuro and Gordon Apple, Phoenix, AZ (May 2009)
Seminar. "Physician Covenants Not to Compete: Reasonable Restrictions or Overreaching?" - Physicians and Physician Organizations Law Institute, American Health Lawyer's Association, Phoenix, AZ (February 2009)
Seminar: "Legal Ethics and Cyberethics: The Evolution of Legal Ethical Behavior in Cyberspace" - Annual Meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA (June 2008)
Seminar: "Health Information and Technology Issues for Labor and Employment Lawyers" - Annual Meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association, Gordon Apple, Brent Henry & Scott Hardy, Philadelphia, PA (June 2006)
Seminar Track Leader: "AMC Security and Privacy: Progress and Prospects" - North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance third Academic Medical Center Conference, Raleigh-Durham, NC. (Sept. 2005)
Seminar: "The Quest for Interoperable Electronic Health Records" - Annual Meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association, Gordon Apple, Jodi Goldstein Daniel & Kristen Rosati, San Diego, CA. (June 2005)
Teleconference: "Enforcing HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Learn the Rule Now, Before It's Too Late!" - Alan Goldberg, Gordon Apple, Jud Deloss & Marc Goldstone, American Health Lawyers Association - (May 2005)
Conference Co-Chair & Moderator, "Riding the Electronic Health Record Tidal Wave: An Exploration of the Potential Legal Barriers to the Interoperable EHR" American Health Lawyers Association, Chicago, IL. (Nov. 2004)
Seminar: "The Nexus between HIPAA's Privacy and Security Rules" - Annual Meeting of the American Health Information Management Association, Gordon J. Apple, Minneapolis, MN. (Oct. 2003)
Seminar: "HIPAA Security Basics" Health Information and Technology Conference, Peter Adler & Gordon J. Apple, San Francisco, CA., American Health Lawyers Association, (Oct. 2003)
Seminar: "HIPAA Enforcement" Long Term Care and the Law, Gordon J. Apple, Phoenix, AZ., American Health Lawyers Association, (Feb. 2003)
Apple, Gordon J; Michael J. Rozen, MD: "Promises in Healthcare" What You Need to Know About PHI" - In Confidence, American Health Information Management Association, January 2003. Vol. 11 No. 1
Seminar: "Developing Smart Medical Devices and other Software to Facilitate Compliance with HIPAA and other Privacy Laws" Technology and Health: Legal Issues in Security, Research and Data Use, Lisa Acevedo, Gordon J. Apple, Atlanta, GA., American Health Lawyers Association, (Oct. 2002)
Seminar: "Information Privacy Compliance" Long Term Care and the Law, Gordon J. Apple, New Orleans, LA., American Health Lawyers Association, (Feb. 2002)
Seminar: "Information Privacy Compliance" Health and the Information Age: Privacy, Security, Biotechnology and the Internet, Gordon J. Apple, Seattle, WA., American Health Lawyers Association, (Dec. 2001)
Web based continuing education learning module: "Building the Foundation for the Privacy Initiative" - Gordon J. Apple, American Health Information Management Association, (September, 2001)
Seminar: "Death and Dying - Legal and Ethical Concerns at the End of Life" - Long Term Care and the Law, Gordon J. Apple, Las Vegas, Nevada, American Health Lawyers Association, (Feb. 2001)
Seminar: "Health Information and Technology in Long Term Care" - Long Term Care and the Law, Gordon J. Apple, Las Vegas, Nevada, American Health Lawyers Association, (Feb. 2001)
Seminar: “Information Technology in Healthcare – A Primer” – 2000 E-Health and the Information Age, Gordon J. Apple, San Francisco, California, American Health Lawyers Association, (Dec. 2000)
Seminar: "Patient Rights Under HIPAA” – The First National HIPAA Summit, Gordon J. Apple & Mary Brandt, Washington, D.C., Healthcare Strategy Institute, (Oct. 2000)
Seminar: "Information Security and Privacy: HIPAA’s Potential Impact” – HCCA’s 2000 Compliance Institute, Gordon J. Apple, Lee Olson, New Orleans, Louisiana, Health Care Compliance Association. (Sept. 2000)
Apple, Gordon J. (1999). “Protecting Personal Health Information: Emerging Standards for the Electronic Age.” Bench and Bar of Minnesota, December, Vol. LVI, No. XI.
Seminar: "ADR in Healthcare” – Annual Meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association, Gordon J. Apple and Eileen Bantel, Chicago, Illinois, American Health Lawyers Association (1999)
Apple, Gordon J. (1997). “Corporate Compliance Plans: Pitfalls and Opportunities.” Bench and Bar of Minnesota, November, Vol. LIV, No. XI.
Apple, Gordon J. (1997). “Stanching the Flow: Medicare/Medicaid Fraud and Abuse.” - Bench and Bar of Minnesota, February, Vol. LIV, No. II.
Apple, Gordon J. and Laurie J. Levin (1996). “Operation Restore Trust and The Voluntary Disclosure of Health Care Fraud and Abuse.” - Journal of Health and Hospital Law Vol. 29, No. 4 - July/August, American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys)
Seminar: "Cultural Competency: How Does It Affect Patient Outcomes" - Through the Eyes of Others: Is Health Care Culturally Competent?, Patricia Walker , M.D., and Gordon J. Apple, University of Minnesota (1995)
Seminar: "Developing and Implementing a Sexual Harassment Prevention Program for HealthCare Providers" - The Medical Staff: Current Legal Issues in a Changing Delivery System, Chicago, Illinois, National Health Lawyers Association (1994)
Apple, Gordon J. (1991). "Financial Relationships With Clinical Laboratories: The New Reality" - Minnesota Physician 5(7).
Contributing author to: The Evolving Role of Statistical Assessments as Evidence in the Courts. (1988) Panel on Statistical Assessments as Evidence in the Courts, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. S. Fienberg (ed.) Springer‑Verlag, New York.
Apple, Gordon J., William G. Hunter, and Soren Bisgaard (1987). "Scientific Data and Environmental Regulation," in Statistics and the Law. S. Fienberg, M. Degroot, and J. Kadane (eds.) John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Pollack, Alison K., William G. Hunter, and Gordon J. Apple (eds.) (1983). Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium on Statistics and the Environment. The American Statistician Part 2(37).
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