Overview
Healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated and most aggressively litigated sectors in the country, and the Southern District of Florida is among the most active enforcement districts in it. The litigation rarely stays in one lane. A False Claims Act case can run alongside a criminal investigation; a civil settlement can carry exclusion consequences; a billing dispute can become a fraud allegation. Defending a healthcare client requires lawyers who understand the regulatory frameworks, the way the government builds these cases, and how to try one if it comes to that.
Fridman Fels & Soto brings a rare depth to this work. Daniel Fridman served as Special Counsel for Health Care Fraud at the Department of Justice, coordinating enforcement across the Civil Division, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney's Offices, and the FBI, and has testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on healthcare fraud enforcement. The firm has handled the full range, from civil False Claims Act litigation to jury trials to appellate reversals.
Because the firm's partners have worked both sides, healthcare litigation here is built around the connection between the civil case and everything around it. A False Claims Act matter is defended with an eye on parallel criminal exposure. A civil recovery is pursued with the leverage of the government's own findings. And when the right answer is to try the case, the firm tries it.
Our Approach
Healthcare cases are won on command of the rules. The line between a billing error, a regulatory violation, and actionable fraud turns on Medicare and Medicaid requirements, coding standards, and documentation practices. We engage medical, coding, and billing experts early to test the government's or the plaintiff's theory and to build the record that supports good-faith compliance.
We treat the civil and any parallel government track as one problem. A False Claims Act defendant who also faces a criminal inquiry has Fifth Amendment and disclosure decisions that affect the civil case, and a settlement on the civil side can carry licensure and exclusion consequences. We coordinate those moving parts from the first day rather than reacting to them.
When a healthcare client has been the victim of fraud rather than the target, the same skill set drives recovery. The firm uses government findings, civil claims, and trial-ready preparation to pursue the people responsible.
