Hillary M. Stemple
Hillary offers service to health care providers and related companies, including hospitals and health care systems, physician group practices, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, charitable patient assistance programs, and telehealth companies.
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Hillary focuses her practice on advising a wide range of health care and life sciences companies on complex health care regulatory matters. She regularly advises clients on legal issues related to compliance with health care fraud and abuse laws, with an emphasis on the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and the False Claims Act. Hillary also counsels clients on all aspects of overpayment issues and making voluntary self-disclosures, including the drafting and submission of self-disclosures to the OIG Self-Disclosure Protocol and the CMS Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol.
Hillary frequently partners to assess, develop, and implement compliance programs designed to ensure compliance with HHS-OIG and DOJ compliance program requirements. She also routinely advises clients on compliance matters related to developing and utilizing emerging technologies, including the implementation of telehealth programs.
Hillary’s clients include pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, charitable patient assistance organizations, hospitals and health care systems, physician group practices, and companies involved in emerging health care technologies, including telehealth companies.
She also regularly coordinates with the firm’s Government Relations group on federal advocacy efforts before Congress and the US Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of health care and life sciences clients.
Government Investigations
Hillary routinely advises and represents health care and life sciences clients in responding to government subpoenas and CIDs issued by the Department of Justice, component US Attorneys’ Offices, the HHS Office of the Inspector General, as well as state attorneys general and state agency officials.
Hillary has represented health care, life sciences, and related organizations in:
- Leading internal investigations in response to CIDs and HIPAA Subpoenas;
- Responding to government inquiries, including meeting with government prosecutors and agency representatives to advocate on behalf of clients;
- Identifying and remedying compliance concerns identified during internal investigations; and
- Negotiating settlement agreements and associated corporate integrity agreements.
Previous Work
Prior to joining ArentFox Schiff, Hillary worked at a Baltimore-based firm where she was an Associate in that firm’s Health Law group.
Professional Activities
Hillary is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association.
Hillary is a member of the Center for Telehealth & eHealth (CTeL) Legal Resource Team, serving as a subject matter legal expert for the CTeL Board of Directors, staff, and greater telemedicine community.
Publications, Presentations & Recognitions
Publications
- “Telemedicine: A review of the fraud and abuse landscape,” Compliance Today (March 7, 2019)
- “Making Stark Self-Disclosures in 2017,” BNA’s Health Law Reporter (May 4, 2017)
- “OIG’s revised exclusion criteria: Reducing the Risk,” Compliance Today (October 1, 2016) Accordion Toggle
Presentations
- Speaker, “When Compliance Creates Harm: Telehealth and the Crossing of State Lines,” AHLA 2023 Annual Conference; June 2023
- Speaker, “Health Care Self-Disclosures: The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How,” Lawline 2023 CLE Webinar; February 2023
- Panelist, “Policy Response to MedPAC’s Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Concerns,” CTeL 2022 Fall Summit; December 6, 2022 Accordion Toggle
Recognitions
Hillary has been recognized in the 2021-2024 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, JD, Order of the Coif, Journal of Law and Commerce, magna cum laude, 2012The Pennsylvania State University, BS, 2003