Ashelen Vicuña

Ashelen Vicuña advises clients on health care policy, insurance, and financial services matters She has experience on a broad range of federal health care regulatory issues, including Medicaid financing, Medicare reimbursement, the sale and marketing of Medicare Advantage plans, mental health parity and transparency rules, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements. Recently, she has focused on the promotion of transparency and prevention of anticompetitive business practices in the pharmacy benefit management industry at both the state and federal levels. Prior to joining Steptoe, Ashelen assisted health care providers in developing and implementing federally compliant Medicaid payment programs and non-federal share financing mechanisms to support Medicaid payments. She has also counseled national and state hospital trade associations on their legislative and regulatory advocacy efforts.

While in law school, Ashelen served as vice president of George Washington University's Student Health Law Association and was an editorial staff member of The GW Journal of Energy and Environmental Law. Ashelen also previously interned at the US Court of Federal Claims and the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Suspension and Debarment.