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Hope is the immediate past Chair of the firm’s Health Care Enforcement Defense Practice. She has also served on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee and Policy Committee.

Hope defends and resolves large, multifaceted federal and state investigations arising under criminal and civil statutes barring, among other things, the submission of false claims and the provision of remuneration to induce referrals. In connection with such cases, Hope negotiates and structures global settlements with the US Department of Justice and its US Attorneys’ Offices and state Attorneys' General Offices as well as corporate integrity agreements with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.

Many of the cases that she has handled have arisen as a result of qui tam cases filed by whistleblowers, under federal and state False Claims Acts. Hope also develops and implements compliance programs and advises clients in connection with voluntary disclosures to the government. Hope defends administrative actions initiated by federal and state agencies, including recoupment actions and proceedings involving licensure and certification. She has a comprehensive understanding of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the rules governing reimbursement. In her work before the US Congress on behalf of clients, Hope has supported enactment of statutes including the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and the Stark self-referral bans.

She also represents health care providers, product manufacturers, payors, and investors, and specializes in statutory and regulatory issues affecting the provision of health care services. Her practice includes counseling, structuring, and litigating fraud and abuse issues as well as reimbursement matters.

Hope frequently speaks on topics of interest to health care providers, payors, and product manufacturers. She also has written extensively on issues confronting health care providers.

Experience

  • Represented a diagnostics company in a national criminal and civil investigation involving multiple US Attorneys’ Offices and state Attorneys' General Offices. The investigation involved alleged kickback issues and billing violations.
  • Defended a physician, from a Southeastern state, in a broad-based False Claims Act investigation alleging kickback issues.
  • Defended a publicly traded medical device company in connection with the alleged failure to substantiate marketing and promotional claims.
  • Represented a clinical laboratory in connection with a False Claims Act investigation, arising from a qui tam case, alleging issues with the manner in which specimens were obtained and transported to the laboratory prior to testing. The government declined the case and both the relator and government dismissed the complaint with prejudice.
  • Represented four specialty laboratories in False Claims Act investigations in connection with the payment of processing and handling fees for specimen collection.
  • Defending several providers in state False Claims Act investigations throughout the country regarding alleged violations of Medicaid billing rules.
  • Represented and continuing to represent a number of providers in investigations conducted by the Federal Trade Commission involving alleged consumer protection violations.
  • Representing a provider in defending against multistate investigations by numerous Attorneys’ Generals involving alleged violations of state consumer protection laws.
  • Settled a number of False Claims Act investigations of various providers without Corporate Integrity Agreements.
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viewpoints

Health Care Qui Tam Update

November 5, 2018 | Article | By Hope Foster, Kevin McGinty, Benjamin Zegarelli

Read about health care qui tam litigation trends for the 12 months that ended on August 31 and significant cases, including two involving skilled nursing facilities.
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New Jersey Regulates Out-Of-Network Billing

August 31, 2018 | Blog | By Bridgette Keller, Hope Foster

News alert for all New Jersey health care providers! A new law went into effect yesterday (August 30, 2018) that changes billing requirements for out-of-network services in New Jersey.
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Mintz Levin Health Care Qui Tam Update - August 2018

August 7, 2018 | Article | By Hope Foster, Kevin McGinty, Bridgette Keller

In this issue, we provide an overview of 46 recently unsealed qui tam cases and take an in-depth look at four of those cases. Two of the featured cases were filed by patients, a rare but growing category of relators, in one instance using supporting data from the CMS Medicare database. In addition, we discuss health care qui tam litigation trends based on filings in the 12-month period that ended on June 30, 2018, including the government’s intervention rate and the percentage of cases filed by customers, business partners, consultants, patients, and other nontraditional relators.
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Health Care Qui Tam Update - August 2017

August 16, 2017 | Article | By Hope Foster, Kevin McGinty, Amanda L. Clairmont

Read about health care qui tam litigation trends for the 12 months that ended on August 31st and significant cases, including two involving skilled nursing facilities.
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My colleagues Hope Foster, Larry Freedman, and Bridget Rohde, members of Mintz Levin’s Health Care Enforcement Defense group, recently published a report surveying health care enforcement trends and developments in 2015 and forecasting what these developments herald for 2016.
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As 2015 comes to a close and you look ahead to the New Year, we hope that you will consider joining us for an informative webinar on health care enforcement trends for 2016.
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Hospital lawyers, whether in-house or outside counsel, have oversight over many facets of the hospital’s operations. One department they may not be focused on, but should be, is the hospital’s laboratory.
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Earlier this month, Mintz Levin’s Hope Foster and Bridget Rohde hosted a webinar entitled “Health Care Enforcement in 2015: A Look Back on 2014 and Forecasting the Year Ahead.”
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG), and other federal and state agencies continued to focus on health care enforcement as a top priority in 2014. 
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Health Care Enforcement in 2013: A Year in Review

January 13, 2014 | Advisory | By Hope Foster

In 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice, Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and other federal and state agencies continued to aggressively prosecute health care fraud and related offenses through criminal, civil, and parallel proceedings.
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News & Press

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Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
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BOSTON – Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2023 edition of Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recognized in 14 practice categories, and 59 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category.
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In the latest guide, Mintz garnered rankings as a top national firm in eight practice areas, and 32 firm attorneys were individually recognized.
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Mintz partner and Massachusetts lawyer Julie Korostoff is one of 49 attorneys recognized as “Leaders in Their Fields” by the 2018 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide. Chambers named Korostoff a “Recognized Practitioner” in Technology.
Mintz is pleased to announce that eight attorneys have been named Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers for 2018 and three others have been named Washington, D.C. Rising Stars. The annual publication identifies lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
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Best Lawyers named 85 Mintz attorneys to its 2018 list of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, Mintz attorneys Matthew J. Gardella and Samuel M. Tony Starr were named “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice areas.
Eight Mintz attorneys have been named Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers for 2017 and four have been named Washington, D.C. Rising Stars. The list will be published in a special advertising supplement in The Washington Post Magazine and in a stand-alone magazine, Washington D.C. Super Lawyers Magazine.
Best Lawyers named 73 Mintz attorneys to its 2017 list of The Best Lawyers in America. Mintz attorneys selected for inclusion in this year’s list span 44 practice areas. 
Firm’s National Healthcare Practice, NY Corporate/M&A and Litigation: General Commercial Among Newest Rankings
Mintz Members Hope Foster and Larry Freedman authored this Law360 column providing an overview of “some of the most important joint criminal and civil matters” impacting health care fraud enforcement from 2015 into 2016.
Mintz Members Hope Foster and Larry Freedman authored this Law360 column, the second part in a three-part series, discussing some of the more notable cases and criminal prosecutions pertaining to health care enforcement in 2015.
This column kicks off a three-part series from the Mintz Health Law team. Members Hope Foster and Larry Freedman authored this Law360 piece that recaps policy developments impacting fraud enforcement in 2015.
The 2015 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide names 52 Mintz, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.  attorneys as “Leaders in Their Fields.”
Seven Mintz attorneys have been named Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers for 2015 and five have been named Washington, D.C. Rising Stars. The list will be published in a special advertising supplement in Washington Post Magazine and in a stand-alone Washington D.C. Super Lawyers Magazine.
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Recognition & Awards

  • Best Lawyers in America: Health Care Law (2011-2024)

  • Chambers USA: Nationwide – Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation

  • Included on the Washington DC Super Lawyers: Health Care list (2012-2020)

  • Recognized by The Legal 500 United States for Healthcare: Service Providers (2018-2020, 2022-2023)

  • Chambers USA: District of Columbia (Band 1) – Healthcare (2009-2023)

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent

  • Nightingale’s Healthcare News: Outstanding Healthcare Fraud and Compliance Lawyer (2008, 2010)

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Involvement

  • Member, American Health Lawyers Association
  • Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
  • Member, American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Member, ABA White Collar Crime Committee
  • Member, ABA Health Care Committee
  • Member, ABA Antitrust Committee
  • Member, ABA Subcommittee on Health Care Fraud and Abuse
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