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Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo PC
Washington, DC
(202) 661-8758
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Hope is a member in the Health Law Section, serves on the firm's Policy Committee, and chairs the firm's Health Care Enforcement Defense Group. She specializes in statutory and regulatory issues affecting the provision of health care services; her practice includes counseling and litigation on fraud and abuse issues as well as reimbursement matters. Hope represents a range of health care providers including hospitals, physicians and rehabilitation agencies, as well as other health care entities including clinical laboratories and medical device manufacturers.
Her work focuses on developing and implementing compliance programs and on defending and resolving large, multi-faceted federal investigations arising under criminal and civil statutes barring the submission of false claims and the provision of remuneration to induce referrals. She has substantial experience in negotiating and structuring global settlements of investigations and in dealing with the administrative remedies provided to the Department of Health and Human Services. Hope also advises clients on voluntary disclosures to the government, and she has participated in the crafting of corporate integrity agreements with the Office of Inspector General.
Hope is also experienced in defending administrative actions initiated by federal and state agencies, including recoupment actions and proceedings involving licensure and certification. She has a comprehensive understanding of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and their rules governing reimbursement. In her work before the U.S. Congress on behalf of clients, Hope has supported enactment of statutes including the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and the Stark self-referral bans.
Hope frequently speaks on topics of interest to health care providers. In November 2001, she spoke at the Third Annual National Institute on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement with regard to FCA enforcement against Part B Suppliers. In February 2000, she spoke at the Federal Enforcement 2000 Conference in Washington on settling federal health care investigations, and in March of that year she spoke in Las Vegas to the American Medical Group Association concerning compliance issues involved in e-health. In January 1999, she moderated a panel on “Settlement on Administrative Health Care Fraud and Abuse Investigations” at the Federal Enforcement 1999: Health Care Fraud Conference. In March 1999, she led a full-day seminar on “Developing and Implementing an Effective Compliance Program.”
Hope has written extensively on issues confronting health care providers. She authored books titled Compliance Guidance for Health Care Providers: How to Get It Right! (Washington G-2 Reports 2001) and Medicare Compliance Guide for Clinical Labs: Billing and Marketing Safeguards for Your Business, (Washington G-2 Reports 1997). On the subject of health care fraud, she co-authored “Health Care Law False Claims Act Poses New Threats” which appeared in the June 2001 National Law Journal and she authored “Defending a Nationally Orchestrated, Multi-Provider Federal Health Task Force Investigation” (American Bar Association 1997). On cutting-edge issues in federal health care debarment, Hope wrote “Avoiding OIG-Imposed Exclusion,” a chapter in Health Care Exclusions: A Comprehensive Guide (American Bar Association 1997). Hope is co-author of the four-volume Laboratory Regulation Manual (Aspen 1977). She has also written articles for a variety of health periodicals.
Hope has the honor of an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. In May 2008, she was named an Outstanding Healthcare Fraud and Compliance Lawyer by Nightingale's Healthcare News. Hope was also named in the most recent edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leader in her field.
Hope is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia. She is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the District of Columbia Bar and the American Bar Association (ABA). She is a member of the ABA’s White Collar Crime, Health Care, and Antitrust Committees as well as of the Subcommittee on Health Care Fraud and Abuse. Hope received her B.A. from Wellesley College (1970), and her J.D., with honors, from the George Washington University National Law Center (1973).
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District of Columbia
Education
George Washington University, JD
Wellesley College, BA