Heidi Sorensen

Practice Areas

Heidi builds on her previous experience at the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to assist clients with health care regulatory, compliance, and fraud and abuse matters.

Heidi focuses her practice on health care fraud and abuse and compliance matters, including the Anti-Kickback Statute. Heidi advises retail and specialty pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Heidi also advises medical device and durable medical equipment manufacturers and distributors. Heidi also works with senior living providers, hospitals and health systems, physical therapy and rehabilitation agencies, clinical laboratories, and other health care providers. She assists clients in False Claims Act (FCA) investigations, negotiating FCA settlements and corporate integrity agreements, and matters that fall under the Civil Monetary Penalties Law and Office of Inspector General (OIG) exclusion authorities. Heidi advises clients on Medicaid issues, providing regulatory advice, helping clients defend Medicaid audits and investigations, conducting internal investigations, and representing clients in administrative hearings and appeals.

Heidi helps clients develop compliance programs and implement corporate integrity agreements. Heidi has developed compliance programs for multinational life sciences companies, including pharmaceutical, medical device, and DME manufacturers.

Career

Chief, Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch in the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General at the Department Health and Human Services.

Education

Languages Spoken

Italian