Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

R. Michael Scarano, Jr. is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, and is vice chair of the firm's Health Care Industry Team. He is also a member of the Privacy, Security & Information Management Practice and Life Sciences and Senior Living Industry Teams.

 Mr. Scarano has represented a wide variety of health care clients, including private and governmental hospitals and their medical staffs, nursing homes, physician organizations, management services organizations (MSOs), managed care organizations, emergency medical services providers, diagnostic test providers and professional associations. He represents these clients in a wide range of transactional and regulatory matters, including reimbursement, managed care, fraud and abuse/compliance, privacy law and general business transactions.

Mr. Scarano was selected for inclusion in the recent editions of The Best Lawyers in America (2007-2010), the 2007-2009 San Diego Super Lawyers lists, and was ranked as one of the top health care attorneys in the nation in 2009 by Chambers USA. He also served as co-chair of the Health Law Committee of the State Bar of California for 2006/2007.

 Mr. Scarano has extensive knowledge regarding emergency medical services law and physician assistant law. He currently serves as chair of the American Health Lawyers Association Emergency Medical Services/Medical Transportation Affinity Group. He is the author of "The California Physician Assistant's and Supervising Physician's Legal Handbook," (2008) co-author of the book "Healthcare Compliance Professional's Guide to the False Claims Act," (2007) and has been an associate editor and regular legal columnist for EMS Insider for 15 years. He speaks regularly before health care professional organizations and has published numerous articles on a variety of health law topics.

Mr. Scarano is a 1984 graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, where he was an associate editor of the Ecology Law Quarterly. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, with academic distinction, from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978.

Areas of Practice

• Information Technology & Outsourcing
• Privacy, Security & Information Management
• Health Care
• Life Sciences
• Senior Living

Bar Admissions

• California, 1984

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Health Lawyers Association

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America, 2007 - 2009
• Southern California "Super Lawyer" of San Diego by Law & Politics Media, Inc., 2007 - 2008

Education

• University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, 1984
  
  Law Journal: Ecology Law Quarterly, Associate Editor
• University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1978
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: With Academic Distinction

Published Works

• "The California Physician Assistant's and Supervising Physician's Legal Handbook", 2008
• "Healthcare Compliance Professional's Guide to the False Claims Act", 2007

Address

11250 El Camino Real
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92130

Phones

(858) 847-6712

Faxes

(858) 792-6773

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