Senior Counsel, Industry Guidance Branch
Office of Counsel to the Inspector General
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
San Diego, CA
(619) 557-5810
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Spencer Turnbull is senior counsel in the Industry Guidance Branch of the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General (OIG) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The Industry Guidance Branch reviews business arrangements for compliance with the fraud and abuse laws, prepares advisory opinions, drafts safe harbor regulations, and provides guidance to industry and government stakeholders on the anti-kickback statute, safe harbor regulations, and other fraud and abuse authorities. Mr. Turnbull has also served as a Special Trial Attorney at the United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, where he prosecuted health care fraud cases for the Medicare Fraud Strike Force. Prior to joining OIG, Mr. Turnbull was in private practice in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Mr. Turnbull is a graduate of UCLA School of Law and Stanford University.