Ober|Kaler - Craig Holden: Health Lawyer (Baltimore, MD)

Craig Holden handles health law at Ober|Kaler.

S. Craig Holden
Principal

scholden@ober.com
410-347-7322
443-263-7522 fax


	Experience				Craig is President and Chief Operating Officer of Ober\|Kaler. For the past twenty-four years, 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, where 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.

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

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

	Professional & Community				American Bar Association Forum on Health Law American Health Lawyers Association District of Columbia Bar Association Section on Health Law Ober\|Kaler Board of Directors President

	Honoraries				Listed in Expert Guides to the Leading Lawyers — Best of the Best USA 2007, healthcare category Listed in Maryland Super Lawyers for Health Care Law, 2007, 2008 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Health Law category (Woodward/White, Inc.), 2007 Selected by Nightingale's Healthcare News as one of the Outstanding Fraud & Compliance Lawyers for 2005

	Publications & Presentations				Frequent lecturer and author on Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse and reimbursement issues Presenter, Lab Law, Compliance & Liability Summit, Washington G-2 Reports, 2007 Presenter, 25th Annual Lab Institute: What's Next Now, Washington G-2 Reports, 2007 Presenter, 8th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues In Healthcare Law, American Bar Association Health Law Section, 2007 Presenter, 17th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud, American Bar Association, 2007 Presenter, 2007 Compliance Conference, Healthcare Billing and Management Association, 2007 Presenter, Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues, American Health Lawyers Association, 2006, 2007 Co-author, "Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse," 2006 Health Law Handbook Presenter, Tenth Anniversary Compliance Institute, Health Care Compliance Association, 2006 Presenter, AHLA Life Sciences Law Institute, American Health Lawyers Association, 2006 Presenter, Health Care Fraud 2006, American Bar Association, 2006 Presenter, Medicare Part D: Pharmaceutical Marketing, Sales and Compliance, DecisionHealth, 2006 Presenter, Annual Compliance Strategies Conference, United Communications Group, 2005, 2006 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

	Professional Background				Former trial attorney, Inspector General Division, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services