Healthcare News Recognizes Thomas S. Crane and Mintz Levin's Health Practice as Among National Leaders
5/12/2004
Boston, MA - Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. today announced that Thomas S. Crane, a member in the firm's Health Practice and Co-Coordinator of its Health Care Fraud and Abuse and Corporate Compliance practice group, was named one of twelve outstanding fraud and compliance lawyers nation-wide. The special report compiled by Nightingale's Healthcare News in its April/May 2004 issue also recognizes Mintz Levin's Health Practice as among the nation's largest healthcare law practices.
Mr. Crane provides comprehensive fraud and abuse services to clients, from defense to compliance advice to compliance programs. His work in defending clients against false claims, whistleblower and anti-kickback allegations includes internal investigations, voluntary disclosures, negotiating settlements and Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIA's). He has appeared before numerous offices of U.S. Attorneys, the FBI and OIG around the country. He also provides compliance advice to national and local clients in structuring complex transactions to comply with the anti-kickback and Stark fraud and abuse laws as well as the variety of regulatory requirements that must be met. Mr. Crane's clients include hospital systems, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmacy benefit management companies, physicians groups, renal dialysis providers, supply companies, home care providers, as well as national trade groups, including the American Medical Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Federation of American Hospitals.
Mr. Crane serves as a member of the Advisory Board of Health Care Fraud Report published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. He has also served in leadership positions with the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), the largest organization of health care attorneys in the country. He was the founding Chairman of AHLA's Fraud and Abuse, Self-Referrals and False Claims Committee, and a member of the Program Committee of AHLA's annual Fraud and Abuse and Compliance Seminar.
Mr. Crane received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College (1972), a masters degree in health administration from the University of Michigan (1976), and his law degree from Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C. (1983).
Mintz Levin's national health practice represents both for-profit and non-profit companies who provide health care, or service the health care industry, throughout the United States, and abroad. Its clients span the full spectrum of the health care industry, including hospital systems, managed care organizations, laboratories, long term care providers, medical equipment suppliers, behavioral health companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacy retailers and biotechnology companies.
"With more than 60 attorneys across several offices who service clients in the health sector, we are able to advise our clients on the most complicated and sensitive matters affecting their businesses," said Ellen Janos, Member and Co-Chair of the Health Section. "From managing responses to national investigations with potential civil, administrative and criminal liability to structuring and handling multi-million dollar corporate transactions and counseling clients on regulatory compliance issues, the Health Section attorneys provide legal services in matters of the greatest significance."
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC is a multidisciplinary law firm with over 450 attorneys and senior professionals in Boston, Washington D.C., Reston, VA, New York, New Haven, CT, Los Angeles and London.
Mintz Levin is distinguished by its reputation for responsive client service and expertise in the areas of bankruptcy; business and finance; communications; employment; environmental; federal; health care; immigration; intellectual property; litigation; public finance; real estate; tax; and trust and estates. Mintz Levin's international clientele range from privately held start-ups to Fortune 100 companies in a wide array of industries including biotechnology, venture capital, telecommunications, health care and high technology.
Mintz Levin was one of the first law firms to develop complementary consulting capabilities to provide complete solutions to clients' problems, including investment/wealth management, government and public affairs and transactional insurance.
