Akin

Partner; Health

False Claims Act/Qui Tam Defense Fraud & Abuse Compliance and Litigation

To learn more about Robert, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/robert-s-salcido.html

Robert Salcido represents clients in FCA and qui tam litigation and provides counseling regarding the application of health care fraud and abuse laws. As lead counsel, he has successfully defended a number of FCA actions on appeal, at trial, at summary judgment and at the pleading stage.

Prior to joining Akin, Robert was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in the Civil Fraud Unit from 1988 to 1993.

Robert has authored books and multiple articles, including an extensive (1050 pages) FCA treatise, titled False Claims Act & the Healthcare Industry: Counseling & Litigation (4th ed. American Health Law Ass’n 2022). Several of his publications have been cited in court decisions, regarding the FCA and health care fraud and abuse laws. Robert has lectured at over 70 national conferences on defenses to FCA actions; health care coding compliance; and FCA whistleblower litigation, including national conferences sponsored by the American Bar Association, the American Health Law Association and the Health Care Compliance Association.

J.D., Harvard Law School; B.A., Claremont McKenna College, 1984