Dr. Laurence Clark is an internist and former Medicare Administrative Contractor Medical Director with approximately 40 years of clinical experience and 25 years of involvement in Medicare policy development. He has served as a Contractor Medical Director for TrailBlazer Medicare, Highmark Medicare Services, National Government Services, and Noridian Healthcare Solutions. His experience encompasses Medicare coverage and reimbursement policy, claims adjudication, coding, Contractor Advisory Committee processes, and presentations before administrative law judges. Dr. Clark previously practiced internal medicine in Alexandria, Virginia, and served as an Associate Clinical Professor at Georgetown University. He has also been President of the Medical Staff at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital and President of the Virginia Society of Internal Medicine. He received his MD from Georgetown University and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.