Anil Shankar is an associate with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the firm’s Health Care Industry Team. Mr. Shankar has conducted extensive research into the Medicaid and Medicare programs and advises clients on reimbursement and compliance issues. His professional experience includes:
- Helping public and private entities analyze opportunities for delivery system reform, including those prompted by the federal health care reform law;
- Assisting clients with the development and implementation of demonstration projects under the Medicaid program;
- Providing recommendations to a hospital system with regard to its compliance with the 340B drug pricing program;
- Analyzing and drafting legislation;
- Advising clients with regard to the impact of the corporate practice of medicine doctrine on health care transactions;
- Advising clients with regard to the health care fraud and abuse laws, and including the successful submission of a request for an advisory opinion from the Office of the Inspector General
During law school, Mr. Shankar worked as an extern for Justice Earl Johnson on the California Court of Appeal (Second District) in Los Angeles and was a research assistant to Professor Stephen Gillers. Prior to his legal career, he worked as a writer/editor for McDougal Littell in Boston and a literature instructor for the Boston Center for Adult Education.
Mr. Shankar received his law degree from the New York University School of Law (J.D., 2008), where he received the John Bruce Moore award for his scholarship. He earned his M.A. from Stanford University in 2001 and his B.A. from the University Of California, Los Angeles in 2000.
Mr. Shankar is admitted to practice in California.
Publications:
- “Increased Scrutiny of 340B Drug Pricing Program Compliance and Enforcement,” Foley Legal News Alert, May 2012
- "CMS Issues Final Rule Requiring States to Develop Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor Programs,” Foley Legal News Alert, September 2011
- “CMS Solicits State Participation in Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration,” AHLA e-Alert, August 2011
- “Health Reform Legislation Expands Coverage Through Medicaid,” Foley Legal News Alert, April 2010
- “Landmark Health Care Reform Legislation Significantly Expands Government’s Ability to Fight Fraud, Waste, and Abuse,” Foley Legal News Alert, March 2010
- "New Developments in Payment and Public Reporting of Quality of Care," Compliance Today, March 2009
- "OIG Issues Green Light to Hospital "Pay for Quality" Arrangement," Compliance Today, January 2009
- "Hospital-Physician Alignment Models in California," California Health Law News, Winter 2008