B Scott McBride

Practice Areas

A partner in the healthcare practice, B. Scott McBride focuses on compliance and enforcement issues. He represents and advises hospitals, academic medical centers, physician groups, device companies, home health, and other healthcare clients in False Claims Act (FCA) litigation, internal and external investigations, overpayment disputes and demands, regulatory enforcement proceedings, including civil monetary penalties related to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and healthcare regulatory and reimbursement compliance matters.

His work spans a variety of matters related to Medicare and Medicaid billing compliance, grants and contracts compliance, civil monetary penalties, Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, corporate oversight, and exclusions from federal and state healthcare programs. He also represents clients before state and federal agencies and through administrative appeals, including claims appeals of recovery audit contractors, integrity contractors, and other Medicare and Medicaid contractors and payors.

Additionally, he advises clients in certain strategic arrangements and alignments, such as academic or other affiliation agreements, joint ventures, service line agreements, management agreements, and governance matters. These arrangements may cover issues related to reimbursement, fraud and abuse, physician recruitment, teaching issues, residency programs, research support, clinical care strategies, and population health.

To learn more about Scott and his experience, please go to: https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/scottmcbride.

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Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, 1997, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif

Brigham Young University, 1994, B.S., cum laude

Industry Sector Expertise

Healthcare

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