S. Craig Holden - Government Investigations and White Collar and Health Lawyer at Ober|Kaler (Baltimore, MD)

S. Craig Holden

President and Chief Operating Officer
scholden@ober.com
410.347.7322
443.263.7522 fax

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland

Court Admissions

  • Court of Appeals of Maryland
  • Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
  • United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Education

  • George Washington University Law School (J.D., with high honors, 1980)
  • Catholic University of America (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976)

S. Craig Holden

Experience

S. Craig Holden is President and Chief Operating Officer of Ober|Kaler. Over the course of his distinguished career, he has represented clients in all areas of the health care industry, with particular emphasis on advising clients on Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse issues, pharmaceutical pricing issues, Medicare and other third-party reimbursement issues and general compliance matters. He has also represented numerous health care industry clients in government fraud and abuse investigations.

Craig is a former trial attorney with the Inspector General Division, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services. At HHS, he was responsible for litigating actions imposing civil money penalties and assessments, as well as suspensions from Medicare and Medicaid participation, based on violations of the Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse statutes. He has been extensively involved in issues arising under the anti-kickback provisions of the Social Security Act and in the drafting and passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Action of 1987.

A frequent lecturer and author on Medicare and Medicaid fraud, abuse and reimbursement issues, Craig is also is active in health care sections of the American Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association.

Professional Memberships

  • American Bar Association
    • Forum on Health Law
  • American Health Lawyers Association
    • Board of Directors, 2011-2012
    • Co-chair, Fraud and Compliance Forum, 2004-2010
  • District of Columbia Bar Association
    • Section on Health Law

Honoraries

Professional Background

  • Former trial attorney, Inspector General Division, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services
Publications & Presentations [View All]
  • Presenter, "Advanced Stark," Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues, American Health Lawyers Association, 2012
  • Presenter, "Voluntary Disclosures," Annual Meeting, American Health Lawyers Association, 2011
  • Co-presenter, “To Disclose or Not to Disclose: An Analysis of the New CMS Voluntary Self-Disclosure Protocol,” Continuing Legal Education, American Bar Association, 2010
  • Presenter, "Legal Issues in Outreach: What You Need to Know," Washington G-2 Reports, 2010
  • Presenter, "Advanced Stark," AHLA Medicare and Medicaid Institute, 2010, 2011 
  • Co-presenter, American Bar Association Health Care Fraud Institute, 2009
  • Co-presenter, "Advancing in the Eye of the Storm," Washington G-2 Reports Lab Institute, 2009
  • Presenter, Physician Hospitals of America 2009 PHA 9th, 2009
  • Author, "Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, Pitfalls for the Honest Physician," Physician's Survival Guide
  • Co-author, "Medicare Anti-Fraud and Abuse: A Guide for Hospitals, Labs and MDs," Washington G-2 Reports