Healthcare Investigations, Prosecutions and Compliance Strategies: New Developments and Hot Topics

Ms. Ferrari is a nationally recognized expert on fair market value and commercial reasonableness, the "Big Three" and their role in regulatory compliance, investigations, and litigation. She has authored over 100 publications and presentations on topics related to physician and healthcare provider compensation, contracting, investigations, and related ethical issues. She is known for her work with rural, academic, public, and clinically integrated, value-based healthcare systems. Ms. Ferrari's focus areas include compensation review for compliance with fraud and abuse laws, tax-exempt regulations, antitrust laws, anti-discrimination laws, and assisting clients in transition to value-based payments, including structuring participation agreements, compensation plans and incentive payments in the context of coordinated care and provider alignment strategies, such as clinically integrated networks, ACOs, gainsharing and "Hospital Quality and Efficiency Programs." Prior to joining Hancock Daniel, she was Principal and GC for a national advisory and healthcare solutions firm and a Partner at a well-known national compensation consulting and advisory firm, where she led the service line focused on CINs, ACOs, and other value-based care structures and worked with clinically integrated network and ACO participants across the U.S.

Ms. Hardin is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. She focuses on criminal litigation as well as business, commercial, and labor disputes.

Mr. Martin is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. He represents clients in corporate compliance, white collar criminal defense, employment, and commercial litigation matters.

With more than two decades of experience as a federal and state prosecutor and more than a decade in private practice, Mr. Weinstein advises and represents individuals and companies in a broad range of white collar criminal defense and compliance matters. He understands the priorities of and processes followed by law-enforcement officials, and uses this knowledge to help clients develop, implement, and manage effective compliance programs, conduct internal investigations, determine self-reporting strategies, respond to agency inquiries, and mount a strong defense in jury trials and settlement negotiations.