Edward Baker to Speak at 15th Annual NAMAS Auditing & Compliance Conference

Lieff Cabraser attorney Edward Baker will be a speaker at the 15th Annual NAMAS Auditing & Compliance Conference, taking place December 7-8, 2023 at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, where he will lead a presentation on the False Claims Act.

The annual NAMAS Auditing & Compliance Conference is the only national conference specific to medical auditing and compliance topics. The conference features faculty hand-picked from the top leaders in the healthcare industry, and an agenda that includes topics that appeal to experienced professionals as well as newer professionals in the auditing and compliance industry.

For more information and to register, visit the event website.

About Edward Baker

Edward Baker is Of Counsel at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP. He previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of California, where he was the Civil Healthcare Fraud Coordinator, as well as the Elder Justice Coordinator, within the Affirmative Civil Enforcement practice group. As an AUSA, Mr. Baker investigated numerous FCA cases, including allegations against physicians for medically unnecessary procedures, pharmacies for kickbacks to nursing homes, defense contractors and federal grant recipients for fraudulent billing, and hospitals for up-coding. He was the lead attorney for the United States in an FCA settlement against a group of Fresno cardiologists for performing medically unnecessary nuclear scans, and in a qui tam settlement against Omnicare, Inc., a national long-term care pharmacy, for improperly submitting claims for prescription drugs dispensed to patients in skilled nursing facilities. He worked closely with criminal prosecutors to enhance the district’s parallel proceedings practice and coordinated regular meetings of the EDCA Healthcare Fraud Task Force.

Prior to serving as an AUSA, Mr. Baker was an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Vermont, where he was the Director of the Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit. He was a member of the litigation table team for thirty-six states in a qui tam lawsuit against Wyeth and Pfizer for Medicaid pharmaceutical “best price” violations that ultimately resulted in a $785 million settlement. He also laid the groundwork for the enactment of the Vermont False Claims Act and held leadership positions within the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units.