Our team has significant experience working with clients in federal and state investigations and litigation matters initiated by the Criminal and Civil Divisions at the Department of Justice, United States Attorneys, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”), the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), State Drug Enforcement Bureaus and Agencies, State Attorneys General, Medicare and Medicaid contractors, and Medicaid Fraud Control Units. We have helped clients avoid potentially devastating civil fines, administrative penalties, and exclusion by combining our team’s knowledge with our investigative, regulatory, and litigation capabilities.

Our team handles investigations that often start with a “knock on the door” from a state or federal agency investigator seeking information and client records pertaining to ever increasingly regulated areas such as Medicare/Medicaid billings, controlled substance prescriptions, FDA compliance, medical device and drug safety issues including investigations and enforcement actions related to the opioid crisis, and illicit referral arrangements among health care providers.

In addition to health care matters, our team is also experienced in general premise liability matters. With many patients, staff, visitors, and vendors visiting your facility, you are at risk for liability against physical property damage, injury, or other negative situations. Our team is ready to investigate and protect the interests of our clients should we need to litigate on their behalf.

We assist clients in responding to these investigations with proactive strategies aimed at completely avoiding – or at the very least minimizing – fines, penalties, exclusion, and negative publicity while preventing disruption to business operations as much as possible. We consistently strive to obtain optimal results for our clients by leveraging our strong relationships with government agencies along with our reputation of integrity and efficiency. Our strategies have produced outstanding results for our clients in avoiding criminal charges from being filed and in mitigating damages sought by the government.

Our team handles all aspects of investigations, from requests for documents, subpoenas or civil investigative demands, to witness interviews and depositions, negotiation with agency personnel and U.S. Attorneys, the structuring of settlements, and as appropriate, corporate integrity agreements or certification of compliance agreements. We also regularly work with clients to facilitate and manage large-scale document production and retention aspects of these investigations.

To discuss these matters with our attorneys, contact us at 314-621-2939 or use the contact form.