Lester J. Perling

Practice Areas

Healthcare

Healthcare Compliance & Operations

Healthcare Government Investigations & Litigation

Healthcare Providers & Suppliers

Healthcare Qui Tam Investigations & Litigation

Career

Lester Perling is a Board-Certified health law attorney with extensive experience in compliance, enforcement, and reimbursement matters. His practice focuses on advising healthcare providers of all types with regard to complying with federal and state laws, with emphasis on Stark law and reimbursement/billing compliance. He represents providers when they are the subject of government and private payer audits, including the appeals of audit findings, as well as federal and state administrative, civil, and criminal investigations pertaining to healthcare fraud and abuse. He also advises healthcare clients with regard to regulatory compliance in the context of transactions and business structures.

Professional Memberships

Member, The Florida Bar

·Member and Past Chair, Health Law Section

·Member and Past Chair, Health Law Certification Committee

Member, American Bar Association

·Health Law Section

Member, American Health Lawyers Association

Personal

University of Miami School of Law, JD, magna cum laude (1994)

Georgia State University, MHA, Master of Health Administration (1980)

Georgia State University, BA (1976)