As an Oregon and Washington insurance and health care lawyer, Peter D. Ricoy focuses his legal practice on health care law, insurance regulation, data security and privacy, long term care regulation, and general corporate and business transactions. Mr. Ricoy works with insurers, health plans, physicians, group practices, coordinated care organizations, independent practice associations, hospitals, patient safety organizations, assisted living facilities, and employers.

He advises clients on a variety of matters, including issues related to the Oregon Insurance Code, health care reform under the Affordable Care Act, the Stark Law and Anti­Kickback Statute, Medicare, Medicaid, reimbursement, HIPAA, COBRA, and ERISA health plan matters. Mr. Ricoy has worked with a number of insurance companies on regulatory matters related to understanding requirements, rate and form approvals, and company and product registrations.

Previously, Mr. Ricoy served as the Sys. Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer for PeaceHealth, where he collaboratively lead the development of a leading compliance program. Mr. Ricoy also previously served as Associate General Counsel for Cambia Health Solutions (an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association), where he was the dedicated attorney supporting the Sales and Actuarial & Underwriting departments and advised clients on a variety of health care and insurance matters.

Mr. Ricoy previously served as a Health Care Economist with an insurance company, and supervised a team of analysts researching health care data and financial information to enhance efficiencies. In addition, Mr. Ricoy worked for KPMG as a Consultant and Fiscal Policy Advisor to the Parliament of Ukraine, where he spent two years helping to successfully establish the country's first fiscal analysis office and train its staff. He has a background in economics, policy analysis, and econometric modeling, and also served for three years as a Tax and Budget Analyst for the U.S. Congressional Budget Office in Washington, D.C.

Lewis & Clark Law School, Juris Doctor degree, cum laude

University of Michigan, Master of Public Policy degree

University of Michigan, Bachelor of Arts degree

Owner and Partner, Beeghly Ricoy Law Group, 2023 - Present.

Mr. Ricoy focuses his legal practice in health care law, insurance regulation, data security and privacy, and general corporate and business transactions and mergers and acquisitions. He has extensive experience working with health plans, insurers, coordinated care organizations, physician group practices, hospitals, and long-term care facilities, and advising clients on a variety of matters, including issues related to health care reform under the Affordable Care Act, the Stark and Anti-Kickback Statutes, Medicare, Medicaid, reimbursement, and HIPAA. Mr. Ricoy also has considerable experience working with national insurance companies.

System Vice President for Organizational Integrity (Chief Compliance Officer), PeaceHealth, Oct 2017 - Mar 2023.

Collaboratively and successfully built and lead an effective compliance program and lead a team of over 20 compliance, privacy, and internal audit professionals. Focused on creating a transparent, collaborative, and partnership-based compliance model to enhance a system culture where ethical and compliant behavior is practiced, adequate internal controls are maintained, and the organization is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulatory requirements. Developed structure and processes to foster open lines of communication, assuring appropriate individuals are informed on critical issues and concerns relating to compliance activities and procedures. Reported on a quarterly basis to a board oversight committee. Assured that systems were in place to maintain an accounting of all compliance audits being conducted, both internally and externally, throughout the system. Lead the development and implementation of healthcare compliance strategies, and integrity programs. Regularly consulted with and provided advice to the senior leadership team on matters of healthcare compliance, regulatory requirements, and ethical business practices. Report and provide recommendations to the senior leadership team based on annual compliance and risk-based assessments, internal audit program work plans, monitoring of internal compliance trends, national information, and other sources as appropriate.

Shareholder (2014-2017), Special Counsel (2011-2014), and Associate (2005-2008), Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt.

My legal practice was focused in health care law, data privacy, insurance regulation, and general corporate and business transactions. I worked with health plans, physicians, group practices, hospitals, insurers, and employers. I advise clients on a variety of matters, including issues related to health care reform under the Affordable Care Act, the Stark and Anti-Kickback Statutes, Medicare, Medicaid, reimbursement, HIPAA, COBRA, and ERISA health plan matters. I worked with a number of insurance companies on regulatory matters related to understanding requirements, rate and form approvals, and company and product registrations.

Associate General Counsel, Cambia Health Solutions (Formerly The Regence Group), 2008-2011.

Substantial experience drafting and negotiating third-party administrator agreements and providing legal advice and support related to Oregon and Washington Insurance Codes.

Supervisor, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, Healthcare Economics Department, 2001-2003.

Supervised a team of 6 analysts in a department focused on analyzing data and producing reports to efficiently allocate resources. Regularly conducted presentations and made recommendations to senior executives. Successfully lead the development of a major corporate initiative revealing the health plan’s Burden of Disease (BOD), focusing on the clinical conditions having the most significant financial impact on the health plan’s members. Responsible for staff development, recruitment, training, performance reviews, and dismissals.

Fiscal Policy Advisor to Ukrainian Parliament, KPMG-Barent’s Group, 1997-2000.

Responsible for establishing Ukraine’s first non-partisan fiscal analysis office for the Ukrainian Parliament. Managed office activities, including recruiting and hiring staff, training staff, developing analytical tools and economic models, and writing performance reviews for an office of 7 support staff. Conducted several seminars to senior-level government officials. Created and managed Ukraine’s first comprehensive tax and budget database. Wrote several analyses of the formulation and execution of the Ukrainian government’s budget; created the Parliament’s first widely distributed quarterly publication analyzing various tax and expenditure items in the national budget. Analyzed the revenue trends of several major taxes, and completed impact studies of proposed tax alternatives.

Fiscal/Tax Analyst, U.S. Congressional Budget Office, 2004-2007.

Responsible for forecasting social insurance tax revenues and analyzing the impact of proposed changes in taxes on federal revenue. Significant experience analyzing capital gains taxes, working with large quantities of data, and developing econometric and microsimulation models.

• "Healthcare Privacy and HIPAA Issues Arising in Litigation," Moderator, American Bar Association Health Law Section, National Webinar, January 29, 2015

• "Clinical Integration, the Alignment of Incentives, and CMS Quality­Based Payment Programs," presented to the Portland Medical Community Managers, January 8, 2015

• "Clinical Integration, Aligned Incentives, and New Payment Models," Oregon State Bar 2014 Health Law Section Annual CLE, Sunriver, OR, October 24, 2014

• "HIPAA and HITECH Act Fundamentals," American Bar Association Health Law Section, National Webinar, August 14, 2014

• "Clinical Integration, the Alignment of Incentives, and CMS Quality­Based Payment Programs," Adventist Health Managers Network, July 15, 2014

• "Clinical Integration, Health Care Information, and the Alignment of Incentives," Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt Client Breakfast Presentation, Portland, Oregon, May 14, 2014

• "CMS Quality Based Payment Reform Initiatives, Health Care Compliance Association," San Diego, CA, April 1, 2014

• "Health Care Issues in M&A Transactions," Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt Presentation, Portland, Oregon, March 23, 2014

• "Coordinated Care Organizations: a Deeper Look at Selected Issues," Willamette University Health Law Class Presentation, Salem, OR March 17, 2014

• "Cyber Security Risk For Business Today," Luminant Digital Security, Beecher Carlson, & Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt sponsored presentation, Portland, OR January 28, 2014.

• "Managed Care Fundamentals," American Bar Association Health Law Section, National Webinar American Bar Association Health Law Section, January 23, 2014

• "Health Reform Impacts: Focus on Employers," Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon Employer Summit, Portland, OR, September 19, 2013.

• "Transacting Business Amidst Rapid Regulatory Reform," Hispanic National Bar Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO, September 6, 2013.

• Health Law Notes – Business Associate and Breach Reporting Changes, Healthcare Privacy & Security Forum, Lake Oswego, OR, July 18, 2013.

• "Oregon's Health Insurance Exchange in 2014," Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Conference, November 8, 2012.

• "Impact of the Supreme Court's Health Care Decision," Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt sponsored client event, Portland, Oregon, June 28, 2012.

• "Oregon's Coordinated Care Organizations: A Deeper Look at Selected Issues," Adventist Health Portland, Health Managers Network, Portland, OR, April 26, 2012.

• "Oregon's Coordinated Care Organizations," 2012 Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Community Care Organizations Seminar, Portland, OR, March 21, 2012.

• "Health Reform Update," City of Corvallis seminar sponsored by Beecher Carlson, Corvallis, OR, January 2012.

• "What Makes My Blue Plan Special? Insurance Requirements Inside and Outside the Health Care Exchanges," 2011 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Blue National Summit, Chicago, IL, December 4­7, 2011.

• "Employer­Provided Health Insurance in 2014 and the Health Insurance Exchange," Portland Metropolitan Payroll Association, October 19, 2011.

• "Employer­Provided Health Insurance in 2014 and the Health Insurance Exchange," Associated Builders and Contractors Seminar, Portland, OR September 22, 2011.

• "How the New Federal Health Care Law Will Affect the Business Community," Hispanic National Bar Association, Annual Convention, Dallas, TX, September 1, 2011.

• "Health Care Reform and the Advent of the Health Care Exchanges in 2014," Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt and Beecher Carlson, July/September 2011.

• "Accountable Care Organizations and Oregon's Coordinated Care Organizations: Preliminary Look at Proposed Regulations and the New Law," Oregon State Bar Health Law Section Brown Bag Lunch CLE, Portland, OR, June 2011.

Mr. Ricoy participates or serves with the following organizations:

• Past Treasurer and Member of Board of Governors, City Club of Portland

• Past Vice­Chair, eHealth Privacy & Security Interest Group, ABA Health Law Section

• Past Vice­Chair, Distance Learning Committee, ABA Health Law Section

• Past President, Oregon Hispanic Bar Association

• Past Chair and current member, Health Law Section of the Oregon State Bar

• Previous Member, Advisory Committee of the Latino Partnership Program, Oregon Community Foundation

• Member, American Bar Association, Health Law Section

• Member, Hispanic National Bar Association

Admitted to Practice Law:

• Oregon State Courts

• Washington State Courts