The firm
About Ober|Kaler’s Health Law Practice
Ober|Kaler is a pioneer in health care law. The origins of our Health Law Group date back nearly 40 years, to the beginnings of Health Law as a recognized practice area.
We are leaders in providing premier legal services to academic and community hospitals, health systems, long-term care facilities, clinical laboratories, institutional pharmacies, physicians and physician organizations. Our growing and evolving practice now includes representation of ancillary service providers, pharmacy and biotechnology companies, health care management and billing companies, and health care trade organizations.
Ober|Kaler’s Health Law Group is particularly effective because many of our attorneys bring the perspective gained from working in the federal government, at associations, in hospitals and private practice, and with health care organizations in the public and private sector. Among our group, currently numbering more than 35 attorneys working full time on behalf of our health care clients, are:
- More than 15 attorneys who worked for federal government agencies, including the HHS Office of Inspector General, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service
- Four former state assistant attorneys general
- A former president of the American Hospital Association
- A former hospital administrator
- Two former in-house counsel to hospital networks
Our Health Law Group is recognized as one of the leading health care practices in the US by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers, Legal 500 and Best of the Best, particularly in Medicare and Medicaid regulatory issues and fraud and abuse matters.
“Excellent healthcare firm: they have some really fabulous people there.” — Chambers USA 2013
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Health Law Topics
- Academic Medical Centers
- Accountable Care Organizations
- Advisory Opinions
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers
- Antikickback
- Antitrust
- Civil Money Penalties
- Clinical Laboratories
- Compliance
- Disproportionate Share Hospitals
- DMEPOS
- EMTALA
- Enforcement
- False Claims Act
- Fraud and Abuse
- Gainsharing
- GME/IME
- Health Care Reform
- HIPAA/Privacy
- Home Health
- Hospice
- Hospitals
- Litigation/ADR
- Long Term Care
- Medical Devices
- Medicare/Medicaid Enrollment
- Nonphysician Practitioners
- OIG Guidance
- Pharma
- Physicians
- Privacy
- PRRB Appeals
- Quality Issues/Quality Reporting
- RAC Audits/Appeals
- Reimbursement
- Research
- Self-disclosure/Reporting
- Self-referral/Stark law
- Tax-exempt Organizations
- Technology/EHR
- Therapeutic Services
- Wage Index
- White Collar
Hot topics: HIPAA/Privacy · Health Care Reform · Government Investigations
Directory
Attorneys
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| S. Craig Holden | Chair and CEO |
| Kristin Cilento Carter | Principal |
| Robert D. Clark | Principal |
| Hannah M. Whitman Clark | Associate |
| Marc K. Cohen | Principal |
| Thomas W. Coons | Principal |
| Kelly J. Davidson | Principal |
| Christopher P. Dean | Principal |
| John J. Eller | Counsel |
| Samantha C. Flanzer | Associate |
| Leslie Demaree Goldsmith | Principal |
| Carel T. Hedlund | Counsel |
Publications
Just Published
- D.C. District Court Resolves Challenge to Medicare’s Outlier Payment Rules for Banner Health v. Burwell May 13, 2016
- Physician Payment: CMS Proposes Quality Payment Program, Advanced APMs, and Merit-Based Incentive Payment System May 13, 2016
- Payment Matters May 13, 2016
- WEBINAR: HIPAA Audits Have Arrived (Again) — How Covered Entities and Business Associates Can Prepare for OCR HIPAA Audits Phase 2 May 12, 2016
- OIG Approves Another Medigap/Preferred Hospital Network in Advisory Opinion 16-04 2016: Issue 7
- Health Law Alert 2016: Issue 7
What’s New
- Six Ober|Kaler Lawyers Selected for DC Super Lawyers April 25, 2016
- Leslie Demaree Goldsmith Named Among Top Health Care Authors by JD Supra March 18, 2016
- Steve Smith Appointed to Louisa Downtown Development Corporation Board of Directors March 17, 2016
- Jeff Miles Appointed to Law360 2016 Competition Editorial Advisory Board February 26, 2016
- Ober|Kaler Adds Health Lawyer Bryna Shmerling February 04, 2016
- Provider Realignment, Fraud and Abuse Head 2016 Top Ten List January 06, 2016
2016: Issue 7
Health Law Alert
OIG Approves Another Medigap/Preferred Hospital Network in Advisory Opinion 16-04
In Advisory Opinion 16-04, the OIG reviewed the contract between a Medigap insurer and a preferred hospital network for discounts on Medicare inpatient deductibles, and determined that the arrangement posed a low risk of fraud and abuse.
May 13, 2016
Payment Matters
Physician Payment: CMS Proposes Quality Payment Program, Advanced APMs, and Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
The QPP will adjust physician and mid-level provider reimbursement based on their quality of care and combine existing quality reporting programs into one system.