Laura F. Laemmle-Weidenfeld

Career

For more than two decades, Laura Laemmle-Weidenfeld has vigorously defended a broad spectrum of health care providers, digital health entities, and life science manufacturers against health care fraud enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, private whistleblowers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), various U.S. Attorneys offices, and state attorneys general. Earlier in her career, she led health care False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and litigation at the Department of Justice, Civil Division, Fraud Section. Laura also draws on her enforcement experience to provide her clients with practical regulatory advice regarding compliance with federal and state health care fraud and abuse law, particularly under the federal Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law”), the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the federal FCA, and their state analogs. In addition, Laura conducts internal investigations for her clients, prepares and negotiates self-disclosures to federal and state regulators, requests and successfully obtains favorable advisory opinions from HHS-OIG, and counsels clients on creating and maintaining effective compliance programs. She frequently writes and speaks on health care enforcement issues and is the author of Legal Issues in Health Care Fraud and Abuse, Fifth Edition, published by the American Health Lawyers Association.