Jeffrey G. Micklos, Esquire 

Mr. Micklos serves as lead policy counsel on legal and regulatory issues involving compliance and fraud and abuse, privacy, administrative procedure, EMTALA, medical liability, tax, labor, antitrust, and accreditation. Mr. Micklos staffs the Federation’s Legal and Operational Policy Committee, the Hospital Leadership Committee, and the Audit/Administrative Affairs Committee. He also has senior management responsibilities for the Federation’s day-to-day business affairs. In his General Counsel role, Mr. Micklos provides guidance on operational matters involving lobbying disclosures, Federal Election Commission reporting, Congressional ethics rules, employment, and contracts.

Prior to joining the Federation in October 2004, Mr. Micklos was a partner in the Health Law Department of Foley & Lardner LLP, where he advised clients on all aspects of government regulation related to their participation in federal and state health care programs and represented clients in reimbursement and certification proceedings before the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and in federal courts. Mr. Micklos also represented clients under investigation by federal and state governments for potential compliance violations.

Prior to his private practice, Mr. Micklos was an attorney in the Health Care Financing Division, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he defended the Department in Medicare litigation before numerous federal district and appellate courts, provided advice on health care policy and fraud and abuse matters, and negotiated settlements and data sharing arrangements with large insurance companies regarding Medicare Secondary Payer issues. He has also represented the Social Security Administration in numerous federal district court and appellate Social Security disability cases.

Mr. Micklos is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania (inactive), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association/Health Law and Administrative and Regulatory Practice Sections, and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.