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William
A.
Sarraille
Partner
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BILL SARRAILLE is a senior member of the Healthcare Practice group and a nationally-recognized lawyer in healthcare law. He also serves as a Global Coordinator for Healthcare in the Privacy, Data Security & Information Law Practice. Mr. Sarraille concentrates on a variety of healthcare matters, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, coverage and coding, pharmaceutical price reporting, issues related to the marketing and promotion of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, internal investigations, clinical research issues, Stark and Anti-Kickback Law analyses, Medicare and Medicaid audits, healthcare acquisitions and due diligence, compliance program audits, managed care matters, healthcare contracts, administrative litigation, legislative matters, privacy and security, coverage for new devices and services, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, international compliance and healthcare contracting, the representation of witnesses and companies before Congressional Committees, and the defense of healthcare criminal and False Claims Act matters. Mr. Sarraille has defended clients in some of the largest healthcare fraud investigations brought by the U.S. Government.
Mr. Sarraille’s clients have included pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, device and equipment manufacturers, diagnostics manufacturers, academic medical centers, hospitals, health systems, faculty practice plans, durable medical equipment suppliers, healthcare consulting firms, ambulatory surgical centers, physician practice management companies, managed service organizations, managed care organizations, large physician group practices, imaging centers, financial institutions, contract research organizations, and a number of leading healthcare trade associations and professional societies.
Mr. Sarraille is listed as a leader in the field of healthcare law in the 2009 Edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and by Nightingale’s Healthcare News as one of ten “Outstanding Practice Lawyers for 2006.” He is on the editorial boards of fourteen publications, and is the co-author of four health care books on healthcare compliance, coding, clinical research, and reimbursement. Mr. Sarraille served on the Regulatory Relief Committee for the American Hospital Association and served on the Compliance Advisory Committee for the Healthcare Financial Management Association as its Chairman. He is the recipient of three awards from healthcare associations for his work in educating providers on compliance issues. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Harry L. Hupp in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles following his graduation from Harvard Law School in 1989.
Speaking Engagements:
- “A Report on Healthcare Reform: Where Are We Now?,” and “The Status of Joint Ventures in 2010,” 2nd Annual Leadership Strategies for Radiology: Taking Your Practice to the Next Level (February 8, 2010);
- Presenter on OIG Work Plan - HFMA’s Web Conference (December 9, 2009);
- “Where Is the Radiologist? Radiology’s Changing Dynamics: Operations in Today’s Economy – Balancing Viability and the Regulatory Minefield,” RSNA 95th Annual Symposium (November 30, 2009);
- “Vascular Lab Medicare Audit Case Studies,” “Update on Stark III Rule and Its Impact on Vascular Labs,” “Growth in Healthcare Information Technology Under President Obama’s FY 2010 Budget,” and “The Future of Vascular Lab Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement,” 2009 SVU Legislative Regulatory Reimbursement Conference (November 14, 2009);
- “Legal Implications and Compliance Concerns in Promoting Coverage & Reimbursement: Healthcare Reform,” 2009 Diagnostic Coverage & Reimbursement Conference (November 10, 2009);
- “The Implication of Comparative Effectiveness Research For the Medical Device Industry,” The Fourth Annual Medical Device Regulatory, Reimbursement and Compliance Congress (November 9, 2009); and
- Panel Discussion – “Private Life Sciences Companies, VCs and Sector Consolidators,” Montgomery & Co., LLC HealthCare Conference (October 6, 2009).
- Health Care Compliance Association
- Health Financial Management Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
