1) health care
Key Contacts
Brian Boyle
Washington, DC
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David Deaton
Newport Beach
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George C.
Demos
Los Angeles
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Ke Geng
Beijing
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K. Lee Blalack II
Washington, DC
D: +1­202­383­5374
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Overview
With a team that understands both the law and the business of health
care, O’Melveny’s Health Care practice excels at helping companies
competing in the complex and ever­changing health care landscape
achieve a wide range of goals—from completing mergers and
acquisitions to protecting their intellectual property, to prevailing in
large, complex trials. Applying in­depth knowledge of business needs
and regulatory obstacles, we devise winning strategies for our clients
that anticipate and resolve compliance issues or minimize penalties
that result from violations.
We have an unmatched track record of advising hospitals, managed care
organizations, group­purchasing organizations, and home health care
providers. Our team also counsels intermediaries that provide services to
health care companies, such as venture capitalists, commercial and
investment bankers, accounting firms, and investment/buyout funds.
Our litigators routinely represent health care companies in critical class
actions, multi­district litigation, arbitration, mediations, administrative
proceedings, trials, and appeals. On the corporate side, we combine
industry­specific knowledge of securities, labor and employment,
regulatory, real estate, and antitrust law to provide boardroom­level
counseling to a variety of health care­oriented organizations and investors,
helping to manage issues ranging from large­scale strategic acquisitions to
capital­raising transactions, to debt restructurings and reorganizations.
Clients benefit from an insider perspective, with access to a number of
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former governmental appointees, regulators, and prosecutors with the
experience to deftly handle regulatory issues and to steer clients through
related legislative branch inquiries.
Our strengths include:
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Litigation
We help clients successfully navigate complex litigation and regulatory
challenges, including defending class actions, challenges by the U.S.
Department of Justice, state attorneys general and other federal and
state regulatory agencies, and other complex commercial matters.
Few, if any, firms can equal the practice depth we bring to defending
healthcare companies—and managed care organizations in particular
—in government enforcement proceedings and civil qui tam actions.
We have extensive experience defending managed care companies
against allegations brought by various state and federal enforcement
authorities, insider complainants, and opportunistic relators concerning
violations related to Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care,
and Medicare Part D.
We match the needs of our clients’ challenges in roles ranging from
acting as lead counsel in individual cases to developing and
coordinating overall defense strategy in multi­front litigation.
Our substantive regulatory knowledge and extensive trial experience
give our clients an edge in criminal and regulatory agency enforcement
proceedings and related civil actions.
Former high­level federal prosecutors add in­depth insight to our
team.
Complementary strengths in antitrust and government enforcement
mean our clients have a distinct advantage.
Regulatory Compliance
Clients spanning the full gamut of the health care industry regularly
look to us to handle complex regulatory matters.
We help clients comply with laws regulating managed care
organizations, state and federal anti­kickback and self­referral laws,
Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement laws, and privacy laws.
We advise in strategic and crisis management situations, including
regulatory compliance audits and investigations, and regarding
corrective actions.
Enforcement
When it comes to defending enforcement matters, we offer clients a
critical edge—insight from former high­level federal prosecutors.
We help pharmaceutical and biological manufacturers, medical supply
and device manufacturers, hospitals, and other healthcare providers
3) develop and execute effective strategies for internal, federal grand
jury, and DOJ and SEC investigations into alleged violations of the
healthcare fraud and abuse laws.
Mergers & Acquisitions
In the context of M&A transactions, we offer sophisticated and
complementary expertise in dealing with a variety of relevant
regulations—including the ACA, Medicare and Medicaid, and HIPAA.
Our ability to integrate transactional counseling with industry
knowledge and fluency in key state and federal regulations has
allowed us to help some of the nation’s best known health care
companies successfully execute their M&A programs.
Our internationally recognized M&A and Private Equity practices work
with our Health Care team to give clients valuable insight into the legal
and regulatory regimes they face.
Clients
Anthem
CIGNA
Healthcare Services Corporation
Humana
Molina
UnitedHealth Group
Related Industries
Life Sciences
Managed Care Organizations
Related Practices
Corporate & Transactional
Litigation
Regulatory & Government Affairs
White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations
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