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ARCHIVE - 2025 Health Care Fraud Institute


CLE Hours: 12 including 12 General, 1 Ethics, 1 Professionalism, 2 Trial Practice

Categories:
Ethics |  Professionalism |  Trial Practice
Course Levels:
Normal CLE Studies

Dates
Schedule at a glance



Description

 

  • Speakers, session times and credit hours are subject to change.
  • Ethics | Professionalism | Trial Practice

 

  • Presiding:
  • Brian F. McEvoy, Program Co-Chair; Partner, BakerHostetler LLP, Atlanta, GA
  • Gabriel L. Imperato, Program Co-Chair; Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Hon. Joe D. Whitley, Program Co-Chair; Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • Tuesday,
    October 21, 2025


  • 5:00–7:00 p.m.
  • Registration

  • 6:00–8:00 p.m.
  • Welcome Dinner Reception

  • Wednesday,
    October 22, 2025


  • 7:30
  • Registration and Breakfast

  • 8:20
  • Introduction
  • Julia D. Neighbors, ICLE Director, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

  • 8:25
  • Welcome and Program Overview
  • Brian F. McEvoy
  • Gabriel L. Imperato
  • Hon. Joe D. Whitley

  • 8:30
  • GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT IN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION
  • Moderator:
  • Kirk Ogrosky, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C.
  • Panelists:
  • Randy S. Chartash, Owner, Chartash Law, LLC, Atlanta, GA
  • James D. “Jim” Durham, Partner, Griffin Durham Tanner Clarkson LLC, Savannah, GA
  • Theodore S. Hertzberg, U.S. Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
  • William R. “Will” Keyes, U.S. Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office Middle District of Georgia, Macon, GA

  • 9:30
  • COOPERATION, SELF-DISCLOSURE AND RESOLUTION
  • Moderator:
  • Sanford V. Teplitzky, Senior Counsel, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Baltimore, MD
  • Panelists:
  • Amy E. Fouts, Partner, BakerHostetler LLP, Atlanta, GA
  • Jillian D. Willis, Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Washington, D.C.

  • 10:45
  • Break

  • 11:00
  • FALSE CLAIMS ACT DEVELOPMENTS
  • Moderator:
  • Jonathan L. Diesenhaus, Partner, Hogan Lovells, Washington, D.C.
  • Panelists:
  • Susan C. Atkinson, Partner, Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Atlanta, GA
  • John T. “Tom” Clarkson, Partner, Griffin Durham Tanner Clarkson LLC, Atlanta, GA
  • Michael D. Granston, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
  • William T. “Taylor” McNeill, Deputy Civil Chief, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Georgia, Macon, GA

  • 12:15
  • LUNCH
  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER
  • Hon. Michael P. Boggs, Chief Justice (RET.), Partner, HunterMaclean, St. Simons Island, GA

  • 1:30
  • AN INSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE – GENERAL COUNSEL & COMPLIANCE PROFESSIONALS
  • Moderator:
  • Leo Reichert, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, WellStar Health Systems, Kennesaw, GA
  • Panelists:
  • T. Mills Fleming, Partner, HunterMaclean, Savannah, GA
  • Kathryn S. Hutton, Managing Senior Counsel, McKesson Corporation, Atlanta, GA

  • 2:30
    MEDICAID FRAUD ENFORCEMENT
    Moderator:
    James P. “Jim” Mooney, Deputy Attorney General of the Medicaid Fraud Division, Office of the Attorney General, Atlanta, GA
    Panelists:
    Robert M. Brennan, Partner, Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs,LLP Atlanta, GA
    Kurt R. Erskine, Government Investigations Chair, Polsinelli, Atlanta, GA

  • 3:30
  • Break

  • 3:45
  • A CONVERSATION: MANAGED CARE FRAUD AND ENFORCEMENT
  • Edward A. Baker, Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Berstein, New York, NY
  • Daniel Meron, Partner, Lathan & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C.

  • 5:00
  • Recess

  • 6:00–8:00 p.m.
  • Dinner

  • Thursday,
    October 23, 2025


  • 8:00
  • Registration and Breakfast

  • 8:45
  • Introductory Remarks
  • Brian F. McEvoy
  • Gabriel L. Imperato
  • Hon. Joe D. Whitley

  • 9:00
  • TRIAL PRACTICE DEMONSTRATION – PRECISION LENS (provides trial practice credit)
  • Moderator:
  • Hon. Joe D. Whitley
  • Panelists:
  • Thomas Beimers, Partner, Hogan Lovells, Minneapolis, MN
  • Joseph T. Dixon, III, Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron P.A., Minneapolis, MN
  • Bahram Samie, Counsel, Robins Kaplan LLP, Minneapolis, MN

  • 10:00
  • COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS, CORPORATE INTEGRITY AGREEMENTS, INDEPENDENT REVIEW ORGANIZATIONS AND BOARD EXPERTS
  • Moderator:
  • Gabriel L. Imperato
  • Panelists:
  • C. Patrick Braley, Shareholder, Bennett Thrasher P.C., Atlanta, GA
  • Steve W. Ortquist, Founder and Principal, Managing Director, Arete Compliance Solutions, Phoenix, AZ

  • 11:15
  • Break

  • 11:30
  • HANDLING A CRIMINAL HEALTHCARE FRAUD CASE (provides trial practice credit)
  • Moderator:
  • Ralph J. Caccia, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C.
  • Panelists:
  • E. Bart Daniel, Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Charleston, SC
  • Brian F. McEvoy
  • Brian Rafferty, Founder, Rafferty Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
  • Jill E. Steinberg, Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • 12:30
  • Lunch

  • 1:30
  • MEDIATING AND NEGOTIATING A FALSE CLAIMS ACT CASE
  • Moderator:
  • Michael E. Clark, Senior Counsel, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Houston, TX
  • Panelists:
  • Edgar D. Bueno, Partner, HunterMaclean, Savannah, GA
  • Bradford Patrick, Deputy Chief, United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Georgia, Savannah, GA
  • Jonathan A. Porter, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP, Washington, D.C.
  • Emily C. Ward, Founding Partner, Barron Ward LLC, Atlanta, GA

  • 2:30
  • ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR RELATOR, DEFENSE AND GOVERNMENT COUNSEL (provides ethics credit)
  • Moderator:
  • Habib F. Ilahi, Partner, SChertler Onorato Mead & Sears, Washington, D.C.
  • Panelists:
  • R. Joseph “Joey” Burby, IV, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA
  • Jacklyn DeMar, President and CEO, The Anti-Fraud Coalition, Washington, D.C.
  • Jennifer G. Solari, Partner, BakerHostetler LLP, Atlanta, GA

  • 3:30
  • Adjourn

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