The former assistant Medicaid Inspector General for the NYS Department of Health, Bob primarily concentrates his practice on counseling health care clients in matters involving audits, business transactional issues, fraud investigations, Medicaid criminal activity, licensure, reimbursement, policy guidance, and the defense of state and federal litigation.
In his role as assistant Medicaid Inspector General, Bob supervised a staff of over 200 auditors, investigators, and attorneys responsible for Medicaid provider program-integrity control. During his tenure, he drafted and negotiated numerous regulations and proposed legislation. Additionally, he was the liaison with the State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and with various federal fraud control entities. Working with the NYS Attorney General’s Office, Bob successfully defending numerous lawsuits involving Medicaid initiatives, some of which were heard in the US Court of Appeals, second circuit.
In counseling clients, Bob draws on his experience with federal agencies’ implementation of fraud-control initiatives, systems procedures for E-MEDNY, the Medicaid billing and data operating system, as well as New York’s legislative, regulatory, and budget processes.