Robert L. Roth
Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC
Robert L. Roth, Managing Partner at Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C.'s Washington, D.C. office, advises clients on matters arising under Medicare and Medicaid, focusing on payment, compliance, and licensing issues. A former senior attorney for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland, Mr. Roth represents a wide range of clients on federal and state regulatory and business matters. He also represents clients in litigation at the state and federal trial and appellate court levels, as well as before state and federal administrative tribunals, including the Provider Reimbursement Review Board. Mr. Roth is one of the select few health lawyers to have argued before the United States Supreme Court, which he did in Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center, 133 S.Ct. 817 (2013). Mr. Roth represents providers and other clients throughout the country on matters such as reimbursement, overpayment refunds/disclosure, and coordination of benefits. He also actively counsels clients on complying with the issues surrounding all aspects of the Medicare/Medicaid programs, including the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) statute. Ranked by clients and peers as one of the leading health care attorneys in Washington, D.C. by Chambers USA, Bob was described as “zealous and committed” and as “stand[ing] out as having second-to-none knowledge of Medicare Secondary Payer issues.” Mr. Roth began practicing privately in 1993 following an 11-year career in government, during which he served at both the state and federal levels. At the federal level, he represented the Health Care Financing Administration (subsequently renamed CMS) as part of the HHS Office of the General Counsel. While in that position, Mr. Roth was awarded the General Counsel's Excellence in Legal Services Award for Outstanding Conduct in Counseling and Representing the Health Care Financing Administration in Medicare Litigation and the HHS Inspector General's Integrity Award. Earlier, at the state level, Mr. Roth served as an Assistant Attorney General, representing Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on state regulatory issues, after serving the Maryland General Assembly as Counsel to the Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates and the Commission to Revise the Annotated Code of Maryland. Mr. Roth received his undergraduate degree from Lehigh University in history and Latin and his juris doctorate from Syracuse University College of Law.
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