Deputy Chief for Health Care Fraud
Fraud Section, Criminal Division
United States Department of Justice
Washington, DC
(202) 616-0429
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Kirk Ogrosky serves as Deputy Chief for Health Care Fraud in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In this role, Mr. Ogrosky coordinates DOJ criminal matters with all U.S. Attorney’s Offices, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and HHS-OIG. Prior to joining the Fraud Section, Mr. Ogrosky served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami and was Counsel with the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Mr. Ogrosky’s experience in complex health care fraud cases covers a wide range of areas including trials and investigations involving violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, the False Claims Act, the Stark Law, and Anti-Money Laundering prohibitions. Mr. Ogrosky has handled civil and criminal investigations of hospitals, academic medical centers, managed care organizations, pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, home health agencies, durable medical equipment companies and physicians. Mr. Ogrosky has litigated civil qui tam cases including several Department of Justice national initiatives. For his work prosecuting health care fraud, he was awarded the Integrity Award by HHS-OIG and the Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.
Mr. Ogrosky serves as an instructor of criminal trial advocacy and health care fraud matters for the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Education. Mr. Ogrosky was listed by Nightingale's Healthcare News as one of the Outstanding Young Healthcare Lawyers of 2005.
Mr. Ogrosky began his legal career in health care matters as an Assistant Attorney General in Kentucky where he represented the state Medicaid agency in provider certification and payment dispute litigation, and handled a cy pres action involving the non-profit assets of a Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance plan. Mr. Ogrosky also spend a year clerking for a United States District Court judge in Miami.