Monday evening, the Mass. Health Council will honor Steve Rosenfeld with their annual award. Permit us to take a moment to offer our own congrats to Steve who has made a remarkable contribution to improving health care in Massachusetts. He has been particularly important to the family of organizations that thrive at 30 Winter Street, including HCFA.
Steve is the founder and first president of Health Law Advocates, HCFA’s non-profit law firm, and has been an indispensible leader for HLA since its founding in 1995. Steve was a founding force — and current director — behind the creation of the Commonwealth Care Alliance, a cutting edge medical management company for dual eligibles (folks enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid). Steve has been a longtime board member of HCFA and an always-there friend and supporter. Steve is also a board member at Community Catalyst and helped to launch CC’s Prescription Access Litigation Project which recently was responsible for a $4 billion pharmaceutical settlement.
Steve has been a vital force in more organizations we can count, and is always there with advice, support, and essential counsel. He served as chief legal counsel and chief of staff for Gov. Michael Dukakis between 1983 and 1990. He’s seen the highs and lows of just about everything.
He’s a fantastic friend. We offer sincere congratulations for this well deserved honor.
These are nice comments, but who do you think gets up at 6 am to walk the dogs? Not Himself. There he is, snoozing away. And I wish he’d remember to put food out of reach of those dogs. A whole plate of smoked salmon, gone, because of his carelessness. Believe me, he’s not perfect.