An experienced health care attorney and the managing partner of our Washington, D.C. office, Lesley assists numerous clients with some of their most complicated, contentious, and high-profile litigation and regulatory matters.
Lesley has helped hospitals, medical and DMEPOS suppliers, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities, LTACHs, hospices, medical schools, and other health care entities navigate the highly regulated health care industry while under significant scrutiny from the U.S. government and other parties. To aptly advise her clients on these often sensitive issues, Lesley brings her in-depth understanding of the complex regulatory environment and extensive experience in administrative state and federal litigation, including litigation involving the Administrative Procedure Act. She has also handled numerous payment appeals and disputes through the administrative agencies and federal court. Through her practice, Lesley has worked extensively on class action and antitrust issues affecting health care clients.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Represented academic medical centers, hospitals and health centers in federal and state investigations regarding inpatient and outpatient status coding, unbundling, teaching physician billing rules, and implantation of non-FDA approved medical devices.
Represented pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in government investigations and qui tam litigation involving alleged off-label promotion, relationships with physicians, charitable contributions and disclosures to the FDA.
Representation of Medicare providers, suppliers, and Medicare Advantage Organizations in appeals through the administrative agency appeal system and federal court challenges.
Represented academic medical centers, hospitals and health centers in federal and state investigations regarding inpatient and outpatient status coding, unbundling, teaching physician billing rules, and implantation of non-FDA approved medical devices.
Represented pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in government investigations and qui tam litigation involving alleged off-label promotion, relationships with physicians, charitable contributions and disclosures to the FDA.
Representation of Medicare providers, suppliers, and Medicare Advantage Organizations in appeals through the administrative agency appeal system and federal court challenges.
Assisted medical device manufacturer with administrative appeals of UPIC and ZPIC reviews.
Represented a high-profile international executive of a medical device manufacturer in a criminal investigation related to disclosures made to the FDA.
Representation of hospitals, manufacturers, suppliers and health systems in compliance and fraud and abuse matters.
Advising clients on compliance issues such as Stark Law, Anti-Kickback and HIPAA issues.
Representation of clients in internal and government investigations and self-disclosures.
Representation of clients in False Claims Act litigation.
Obtained summary judgment in a case against a medical device manufacturer accused of FCA violations arising from disclosures made to the FDA.
Represented numerous hospitals in the nationwide investigation into implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), and obtained favorable results.
Represented health care providers and manufacturers in congressional investigations related to federal spending, COVID-19, and other areas of scrutiny.
Advised clients on internal investigations and voluntary disclosures regarding Medicare overpayments, Anti-Kickback Statute concerns, HIPAA breaches, Stark Law violations, and pharmaceutical and medical device promotional practices.
Represented an international medical device manufacturer in a federal grand jury investigation into company's financial relationships with surgeons.
Represented medical device manufacturer employees in federal grand juries
Extensive experience representing clients in responding to and challenging UPIC, ZPIC, and other Medicare Contractor audits and reviews.
Advising provider clients on responding to survey deficiencies, immediate jeopardy findings and termination of provider status.
Representation of hospitals in class action litigation involving charges to uninsured patients.
Representation of a hospital system in a class action lawsuit involving hospital collection of third party liability settlement proceeds.
Recognitions
- Ranked in Chambers USA for District of Columbia Healthcare, 2024-2025
- Selected to the Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers list for Health Care, 2016-2020
- Recommended lawyer, Healthcare: Life Sciences, The Legal 500 US, 2017
Credentials
Education
Education
- The George Washington University Law School, 2003, J.D., with honors
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2000, B.S., Administration of Justice and Sociology
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Minnesota
Court admissions
Court admissions
- Supreme Court
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- Ferring Holding Inc., 2016-2022
- Board of Directors
- Board Compliance Committee, Chair
- American Bar Association
- Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS)
- TortSource, Editor, 2013-2014
- Medicine and the Law Committee, Vice Chair, 2013-2014
- Health Law Section, Payment and Reimbursement Interest Group, Vice Chair, 2012-2014
- Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
- Health Law Section, Payment and Reimbursement Interest Group, Vice Chair, 2012-2014
- Council of Chapter Presidents, Board Chair, 2012
- Leadership Conference, Co-Chair, 2011
- Mid-Atlantic Board of Directors, Immediate Past President, 2011
- Mid-Atlantic Board of Directors, President, 2010
- Mid-Atlantic Board of Directors, President-Elect, 2009
- Mid-Atlantic Board of Directors, Director at Large, 2008
- Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- Health Law Section, Programs & Education Committee, Chair, 2007-2008
- Health Law Section, Programs & Education Committee, Vice Chair, 2006-2007
- American Health Lawyers Association
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