The Legal Impact of Medicare and Medicaid is an authoritative, insider's perspective on key strategies for helping clients to understand and comply with these government programs. Featuring partners from some of the nation's leading law firms, these experts guide the reader through some of the key laws and regulations, focusing on those that tend to be triggers for fraud and abuse investigations. These top lawyers reveal their advice on understanding compliance risks and enforcement trends, developing an effective system for compliance, and addressing common client mistakes and misconceptions. Additionally, these leaders discuss the interactions of federal and state health care programs, including overlapping coverage as well as the applicability of state law to certain aspects of Medicare managed care operations. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to navigating this complex and ever-evolving area of law. Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: 1. Brian D. Boyle , Partner and Co-Chair, Health Care & Life Sciences Practice, O Melveny & Myers LLP State-Law Remedies for Medicare Managed Care Beneficiaries 2. George W. Bodenger, Partner, Saul Ewing LLP Managing Compliance to Avoid Medicare/Medicaid Fraud 3. Lynda M. Johnson, Partner, Friday, Eldredge & Clark LLP The Importance of a Medicare/Medicaid Compliance System for Health Care Clients 4. Carol Ewald Bowen, Member, Moore & Van Allen PLLC Medicare and Medicaid: An Overview of Existing Programs and Compliance Issues