Nelson Mullins team leader of the Healthcare Enforcement, Compliance and Litigation Team, Gabe Imperato, will be speaking at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 11th Annual Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute. The Nelson Mullins-sponsored event will be on September 3-5 at the Chateau Élan Winery and Resort just outside of Atlanta.

Alongside his panelists, Susan C. Atkinson with Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Lynsey Barron with Barron Law, Joy Boyd Longnecker with Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Gabriel H. Scannapieco with Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, and Adam P. Schwartz with Carlton Fields, P.A., Imperato will moderate and speak on the panel, “Healthcare Fraud and the New Administration.”

This significant and timely panel will allow attendees to gain an understanding of the DOJ Health Care Fraud agenda and enforcement actions, participate in a discussion of Federal Stark Law, Federal Anti-Kickback and EKRA statutes, hear an update on the scienter requirements for liability under the criminal Health Care, and much more.

Imperato serves as the managing partner for the Fort Lauderdale office and his personal practice includes representing individuals and organizations accused of healthcare fraud and assisting and advising healthcare organizations on corporate governance and compliance matters. Gabriel is board-certified as a specialist in Health Law by the Florida Bar.

For the last decade, the ABA’s Annual Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute has been a cutting-edge national forum for professionals involved in the defense, prosecution, and adjudication of complex white-collar criminal cases. Assembling renowned speakers every year to dissect a broad spectrum of current and meaningful topics, the event emphasizes topics including:

• Sentencing Guidelines
• Health care fraud
•  Government contracting fraud
•  Public corruption
•  International bribery and corruption under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
•  Sanctions and export controls
• Ethics and compliance
•  False Claims Act (FCA)