Zuckerman Spaeder LLP’s Health Care Fraud Practice advises directors, officers, employees, and providers involved in the health care industry who find themselves targets of criminal or quasi-criminal investigations and proceedings. Zuckerman Spaeder also frequently advises transactional health care attorneys on relevant enforcement initiatives, and we often co-counsel with civil litigation attorneys during parallel civil/criminal, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or other quasi-criminal proceedings.
From among our attorneys, we count a founding member of the Health Fraud Task Force for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, a former Deputy to the Department of Justice Special Counsel for Financial and Health Care Fraud, former relators’ counsel, and former prosecutors of complex white collar cases. Our attorneys have investigated, tried, and defended all manner of health care fraud and False Claims Act cases.
Our many seasoned trial lawyers have a wealth of experience litigating against claims of billing fraud, false claims, kickbacks, off-label promotions, and an array of other matters. Our attorneys have also provided counsel in significant internal investigations for health care providers, and have undertaken voluntary self disclosures on behalf of their health care clients.
Experience
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Currently represents a former top executive of a major public health care insurance company in connection with an extensive federal criminal investigation into alleged Medicaid fraud.
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Successfully defended a medical device manufacturer that was accused in a False Claims Act complaint of providing false billing information to physicians regarding a product’s eligibility for Medicare reimbursement.
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Represented a medical device manufacturing company against a False Claims Act suit alleging a scheme to cause multiple physicians to submit fraudulent claims for reimbursement to federal health care programs.
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Currently represents two employees of a major health care company against False Claims Act violations in South Florida.
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Represented a publicly traded national nursing home chain against a criminal investigation led by the Louisiana Attorney General.
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Represented a physician charged with violations of the Prescription Drug Marketing Act in the District of Delaware.
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Litigated elder abuse lawsuits in numerous jurisdictions on behalf of several major national nursing home chains.
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Created and implemented a model abuse and neglect defense for nursing homes.
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Represented a high-level corporate employee of a major hospital chain, charged in the Northern District of Alabama with allegations of obtaining bribes from Saudi Arabia.
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Represented a publicly traded health care company in bid disputes in Florida and Kentucky.
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Represented pharmaceutical industry employees in federal investigations in Boston alleging kickbacks, off-label marketing, and fraudulent marketing practices.
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Conducted an internal investigation involving disclosures to the FDA on behalf of an international pharmaceutical company.
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Conducted an internal investigation and made a successful disclosure to the Florida Medicaid Fraud Control Unit at the request of a health care client being acquired by a major multinational corporation.
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Represented a pharmacy in connection with efforts to terminate pharmacy’s Medicaid contract.
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Won a motion to dismiss a False Claims Act lawsuit on behalf of an international pharmaceutical company and secured affirmance on appeal; the case is currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Defended a national health care provider in the then-largest health care fraud investigation in the country.
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Represented a pharmacy accused of violating the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which in turn allegedly resulted in the submission of false claims for reimbursement to the federal government, in purported violation of the False Claims Act.
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