Benjamin Koplin

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Ben is a partner in Reed Smith’s Life Sciences Health Industry Group. He counsels Fortune 500 companies, performing complex risk analyses to drive transparency, accountability and strategy across their business operations. He works with in-house lawyers, risk-control stakeholders and operations professionals to design right-sized risk solutions.

Ben focuses primarily on health care compliance and the federal regulation of health care providers and suppliers, medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors through the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, state and federal false claims acts, and rules governing the privacy and security of health information (e.g., HIPAA).

He assists in the design and implementation of corporate risk management programs for existing organizations, as well as for new companies, spin-offs, and post-acquisition integrations. He also leads complex investigations and defense teams, and advises on various transactional matters involving health care entities.

Ben is an accomplished full stack developer. Combining these skills with his legal experience, Ben's approach to solving client's issues is unique and transformative. He leads his clients through process mapping workshops to isolate legal issues from operational issues and uses Six Sigma methodologies and tools to unravel his clients' most difficult problems.