David Ries Email & Phone Number

GRSM's national Health Care practice group represents and advises general and specialty hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, acute psychiatric hospitals, residential behavioral health facilities, and other health care providers. The group's experience includes malpractice, elder.

San Francisco, California, United States

• Oversaw the Behavioral Health unit within Health Services. Managed strategies, programs, operations, and regulatory and contractual requirements. Responsible for new Medi-Cal policies: No Wrong Door, Dyadic Care and.
• Led the health plan’s housing and homelessness strategy to improve connectivity between health care and housing. Established housing-related CalAIM Community Supports. Designed and implemented plan's Housing and.

San Francisco Bay Area

Served on the Health and Human Services Team, providing legal advice and representation to San Francisco departments including the Department of Public Health, the Human Services Agency, Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

San Francisco Bay Area

The Health Plan of San Mateo is a non-profit health care plan that offers health coverage and a provider network to San Mateo County's under served population. My role was to:- Maintain relationships with payers, physicians, employers, regulators, members, facility providers and peer health plans - Negotiate contractual relationships with hospitals and key.

San Diego, CA

Home for the Holidays is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to unite military families who cannot afford to be together for important occasions.

Greater San Diego Area

A non-profit promoting Community Choice Aggregation in San Diego County. Under state law, cities and counties are empowered to aggregate residential and commercial electricity demand, and directly access renewable energy.

Solana Beach, CA

The Public Safety Commission serves in an advisory capacity to the Solana Beach City Council, formulating recommendations and functioning as a forum for discussion of public safety issues.

Greater San Diego Area

• Oversaw establishment of consulting company to improve health services delivery and patient outcomes.
• Served as subject matter expert on mental health parity, benefits coverage mandates and healthcare reforms, in California and nationally, for Medicare, Medicaid and commercial health plans.
• Directed clients’ regulatory, program and accreditation compliance, including policy enforcement, educational efforts, and preparation of standard operating procedures, workflows and protocols manuals.
• Responsibility for governance and budget, business development, contracts, and human resources.
• Led development of successful proposals and presentations to commercial, public and nonprofit clients.
• Published articles and represent company at professional conferences and meetings, including as a presenter.

San Diego, CA

• Attorney-of-record in state court appeals. Researched and wrote briefs and presented oral arguments.
• Set precedent with a successful claim on the statutory interpretation of a criminal penalty.

San Diego, CA

• Supported judge in hundreds of conferences and mediations with parties and attorneys by researching liability and damages claims, as well as strategizing settlement techniques.
• Researched and drafted orders, including direct reviews of administrative proceedings and discovery.

New York, NY

• Manager within project providing substance abuse treatment services to court-involved youth.
• Conducted and supervised program enrollment and initiation for hundreds of families, including eligibility screening process, youth and parent consents, and early program participation from families.
• Nurtured official relationships necessary for consistent access to court and detention facilities.
• Tracked participants in juvenile justice system and the community to ensure follow-up evaluations.

New York, NY

• Oversaw operations of project that is now a unit within NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services.
• Navigated NYC’s child welfare system to link caseworkers with courts upon arrest of foster youth.
• Evaluated and trained caseworkers, including recruitment of staff for program transition to public agency.

Brooklyn, NY

• Supported community organizers of low- and middle-income tenants with research on development activities and buildings ownership for housing and broader political campaigns.
• Led lobbying efforts on issues such as parks preservation, utilities consolidation and predatory lending.

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Activities and Societies: • Executive Notes & Comments Editor, Journal of Law and Policy • Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Fellow.

Ba, Political Science

Diploma, Politicking