North America - United States • Healthcare
Latham & Watkins LLP
John Manthei, Ben Haas, and Jason Caron lead the team at Latham & Watkins LLP from Washington DC. The group handles a variety of issues, from qui tam actions to coverage disputes. Boston’s David Tolley acts in a broad range of disputes concerning FCA and Anti-Kickback rules, often representing insurers and hospital systems. In Washington DC, Daniel Meron utilizes his prior government experience within the HHS to advise on fraud and abuse, and white-collar enforcement issues within the healthcare space.
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Key clients
- Cigna
- Warburg Pincus
- UnitedHealth Group Inc.
- Independent Health Association Inc.
Work highlights
- Representing Cigna in connection with over a dozen insurance coverage matters and disputes, including opioid-related lawsuits, and lawsuits and demands involving the Department of Justice in connection with the DOJ’s increased enforcement efforts under the False Claims Act.
- Representing UnitedHealth Group, Inc. in ongoing FCA litigation related to UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage plans. The firm is acting in a reverse false claims act claim and two common law claims for payment by mistake and unjust enrichment.
- Representing Independent Health Association in a multi-defendant qui tam FCA action regarding IHA’s risk adjustment diagnostic coding practices.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
John Manthei, Jason Caron, Ben Haas