Main Justice, in partnership with King & Spalding LLP, is hosting a three-part series on Capitol Hill this year exploring government efforts to combat fraud and abuse in the health care system.
The first event took place on Capitol Hill Tuesday, July 12 with a focus on defining the laws that the federal government uses to prosecute these companies.
The second forum on Oct. 18 (click here for full description) will discuss the government’s more recent and controversial theories of fraud and abuse enforcement. The context is the larger debate over the expansion of criminal liability, due process, and whether law enforcers are going beyond their mandates by seeking to regulate conduct of corporations.
The Oct. 18 lunch-hour event is from 11:30 to 2 p.m. in Room 2168 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Deli sandwiches and drinks will be served. Confirmed panelists include:
- Jeff Bucholtz, partner at King & Spalding and former Acting Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice;
- Vicki Girard, professor at Georgetown University Law Center;
- Joan McPhee, partner at Ropes & Gray LLP and former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York; and
- Peter Urbanowicz, managing director at Alvarez & Marsal.
Topics of discussion will include:
- Debarment
- Fines
- Individual liability
- Off-label marketing
- Pharmaceutical pricing
- The Affordable Care Act
