The team at Latham & Watkins LLP handles a growing number of disputes concerning pandemic and telemedicine-related fraud. John MantheiBen Haas, and Jason Caron co-lead the team from Washington DC. California’s Jason Ohta focuses on white-collar criminal defence work, regularly appearing before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, while Terra Reynolds represents clients in cases concerning allegations of healthcare fraud and abuse in Illinois. In Washington DC, Jason Caron is well versed in mandates concerning coverage, including surprise billing and medical necessity, while Eric Greig is noted for his regulatory expertise, particularly in relation to Medicare billing policy compliance and Sunshine laws on both a state and federal level. Working out of the Boston office, David Tolley regularly acts for hospital systems on FCA and Anti-Kickback related issues, in addition to a range of government investigations.

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Key clients

  • BlueSprig
  • Everly Health
  • Goodcell
  • HCA
  • Healthpeak Properties
  • Heartland Dental
  • Independent Health Association Inc.
  • NEOM Company
  • NextGen Healthcare
  • Omada Health
  • Option Care Health
  • Perry Health
  • R1 RCM Inc.
  • Revival Health
  • Sutter Health
  • UnitedHealth Group
  • Vapotherm
  • Zerigo Health

Work highlights

  • Advising NEOM, a legally autonomous model territory being constructed in Saudi Arabia, on designing and implementing an innovative healthcare and life sciences and food regulatory ecosystem.
  • Advised Everly Health, a health and wellness test provider, on FDA regulatory compliance matters, including in connection with the evolving framework applicable to laboratory developed tests.
  • Representing R1 RCM Inc., a provider of revenue cycle management and physician advisory services to hospital systems, in connection with a civil qui tam action filed in the Northern District of Illinois alleging that R1 and other entities caused the submission of and submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid by improperly classifying hospital patients as inpatients rather than as outpatients or observation status.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

John Manthei, Ben Haas, Jason Caron

Other key lawyers

Eric Greig, Jason Ohta, Terra Reynolds, Jason Caron, David Tolley, Heather Deixler