Présentation
Jason B. Caron provides strategic advice to healthcare and life sciences organizations, primarily focusing on regulatory, reimbursement and policy matters. He has extensive experience navigating coding, coverage, payment, medical necessity, clinical documentation, comparative research, certification, enrollment, and other payer participation and reimbursement issues, particularly in light of ongoing health reforms.
Jason leverages his regulatory and reimbursement experience to assist clients in planning, structuring and executing healthcare transactions and business arrangements. He also counsels clients on federal and state fraud issues, including Anti-Kickback, sunshine law, self-referral, false claims and false billings. In addition, Jason guides organizations through self-disclosures and government inquiries, audits and investigations. Jason also assists clients in evaluating, developing and implementing corporate compliance programs. Furthermore, Jason is Partner-in-Charge of the Healthcare practice in Washington, DC.
Jason represents a wide variety of clients, including:
- Hospitals and health systems
- Various freestanding treatment centers such as urgent care centers, ambulatory surgery centers and cancer care centers
- Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and distributors
- Long-term care, home health, hospice and other post/sub-acute providers
- Professional services organizations and physician practice management companies (including anesthesia, emergency medicine, dentistry, dermatology, oncology, primary care and wellness practices)
- Pharmacies
- Laboratories
- Trade associations and coalitions
- Investors and other financial institutions that invest in and/or support the healthcare and life science industries
Previously, Jason worked for the US Department of Health and Human Services and the International Association of Fire Chiefs. He has also worked as a critical care paramedic for a regional health system. While in law school, Jason was a researcher for the Center for Health and Homeland Security and editor for the Journal of Health Care Law & Policy.
Results
- Secured equitable reimbursement for several promising medical technologies
- Helped a number of “start-up” healthcare organizations efficiently manage the landscape of health regulatory risk
- Guided clients through a variety of health regulatory issues in more than 100 transactions, including multibillion-dollar national healthcare transactions
Distinctions
- Chambers USA 2020 to 2021
- The Best Lawyers in America 2016 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022, Health Care Law
Credentials
Education
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, JD, with honors, 2003
George Washington University, BS, 2000
Admissions
District of Columbia
Maryland
