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HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | October 10, 2022 41 market power and cost of care. The high-profile lawsuit is the latest in Fish's long career, primarily with Hinck- ley Allen in Hartford, where he's been a partner since 2008. Fish's practice spans across a broad range of legal disciplines including health care; business services; complex commercial litigation; bankruptcy and creditors' rights; real estate; and the First Amendment. Fish once represented a client in the purchase of a large Chicago hospital. Fish said the client bought the hospital for $1 and then sold it several years later for eight figures to a publicly-traded company. Fish has several specialties including as a First Amendment expert. He's represented media outlets including the Hartford Courant in various lawsuits. Fish received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1983. He has also completed an Ironman Triathlon, multiple marathons and the Trans-Alp Cycling Race. AMANDA GORMAN Amanda Gorman held the title of nurse and mother before becoming an entre- preneur who is helping new moms with lactation problems. Gorman is the founder and chief clinical officer of Farmington-based Nest Collaborative, a medical technology company that has established a nation- wide network of lactation consultants that offer virtual consultations to new moms in all 50 states. Consultations are available seven days a week in numerous languages includ- ing English, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, Portuguese, Urdu, Haitian Creole and Burmese. Her concept has caught on with insurers, which have begun providing coverage for the services, and investors, which have poured several million dollars into the company. In June, Nest Collaborative announced a partnership with Trinity Health of New England, which will give new mothers in Connecticut and neighboring Massachu- setts telehealth breastfeeding support at no charge. Gorman earlier this year tapped a new CEO — tech entrepreneur Judith Nowlin — to help scale up Nest Collaborative as it grows its influence and business. CVS and Signify Health have signif- icant presences in Connecticut. Aetna, based in Hartford, is owned by CVS, and Signify Health has its principal executive offices in Norwalk. Kyle Armbrester is the CEO of Signify Health and will continue to lead the company once the CVS deal is complet- ed. Karen Lynch was a longtime senior executive at Hartford health insurer Aetna, rising to the president position following the company's $69-billion merger with Rhode Island-based CVS Health in late 2018. It didn't take long for her to impress her new corporate parent company. Lynch last year took over as CVS Health's CEO and president, replacing the now-retired Larry J. Merlo. Lynch will continue to be a major player in determining Aetna's and Signify Health's future presences in Connecticut. When it bought Aetna, CVS pledged to keep the health insurer's headquarters in Hartford for at least 10 years and maintain 5,291 employees here for at least four years. What happens after that is anyone's guess. Aetna has been one of many corpora- tions in Hartford to embrace remote and hybrid work amid the pandemic. WILLIAM FISH JR. William Fish Jr. is the lead Connecticut attorney for St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in the care provider's well-publicized lawsuit against Hartford HealthCare and its subsidiaries – including Hartford Hospital. The lawsuit claims Hartford HealthCare has tried to create a monopoly on hospital services by ac- quiring physician networks and demand- ing they refer patients only to Hartford HealthCare facilities. The 75-page lawsuit, filed in federal court in January 2022, accuses HHC of trying to "bury" and "crush" St. Francis. HHC, which has denied the allegations, asked the judge to dismiss the case in February, arguing that it had not violated antitrust laws and that St. Francis was outcompeted for physicians. The lawsuit is still pending but could have significant implications on the state's healthcare system, which has undergone significant consolidation over the last decade, raising concerns about Amanda Gorman William Fish Jr. Karen Lynch Kyle Armbrester For a Mayo Clinic second opinion, I'm not going anywhere. Everyone said I'd have to travel long distances for the best care. Not me. I got ground-breaking treatment and a Mayo Clinic second opinion, close to home. MiddlesexHealth.org/Mayo POWER 25 IN HEALTHCARE NOMINATE TODAY DEADLINE 10/21 CALLING ALL 2023 NOMINATIONS! DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR ORGANIZATION AS A BEST PLACE TO WORK? GO TO >> WWW.BESTPLACESTOWORKCONNECTICUT.COM Event Partner:

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