Ashelen Vicuña

Ashelen Vicuña advises clients on health policy, insurance, and financial services matters. She has experience on a broad range of federal health care regulatory issues, including Medicaid financing, Medicare reimbursement, graduate medical education, the 340B drug discount program, and provisions within the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Prior to joining Steptoe, Ashelen assisted health care providers in developing and implementing federally compliant Medicaid funding programs and non-federal share funding 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.