Laurence B. Russell

Bar Admissions

• Maryland

Court Admissions

• Court of Appeals of Maryland
• United States Bankruptcy Court
• United States Claims Court
• United States District Court for the District of Maryland

Education

• University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1978)
• Columbia University (B.A., 1971)

Laurence B. Russell

Experience

Laurence B. Russell, a principal in the Health Law Group at Ober|Kaler, brings more than 25 years of legal experience in the heath care field to his practice.

Larry’s representations include Medicare/Medicaid payment and compliance issues involving hospitals, physicians, pharmacies and other providers; fraud and abuse counseling and defense relating to the False Claims Act as well as the Stark and antikickback statutes; voluntary disclosures to CMS and the HHS-OIG; government investigations and qui tam cases relating to health care coding and billing issues; regulatory compliance advice for hospitals, nursing facilities, pharmacies and other health facilities and professionals; and hospital rate setting under the Maryland Medicare waiver. He has also developed significant legal and operational experience relating to institutional and specialty pharmacies.

An additional aspect of Larry’s practice includes providing advice to clients regarding the regulatory aspects of health care acquisitions. He represents individual and institutional clients before numerous administrative agencies and boards in cases involving payment disputes, professional licensure issues and a wide variety of other regulatory matters.

A former Maryland assistant attorney general, Larry served as chief counsel to the state’s Medicaid program and its Health Services Cost Review Commission. He was also a legal advisor to the Governor’s Commission on Health Care Policy and Financing.
 

Professional Memberships

• American Bar Association
  • Health Law Section
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Maryland State Bar Association
  • Health Law Section

Honoraries

• Selected by Nightingale's Healthcare News as one of the "Outstanding Physician Practice Lawyers" for 2007

Professional Background

• Assistant Attorney General in Maryland
  • Chief counsel to the Maryland Medicaid Program
  • Chief counsel to the Health Services Cost Review Commission
• Legal advisor, Governor’s Commission on Health Care Policy and Financing