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501 W. Broadway, Suite 800
San Diego, CA 92101
T: (619) 228-9876
F: (619) 400-4883
ryan.harrigan@melendreslaw.com

Ryan Harrigan, Esq.

Mr. Harrigan's practice focuses on healthcare regulatory, fraud and abuse, clinical trial, and compliance matters for major healthcare entities. Mr. Harrigan has extensive expertise in the federal Anti-kickback Statute, the Stark Laws and the federal False Claims Act, as well as cost reporting and other reimbursement issues. Mr. Harrigan has managed and coordinated investigations of healthcare corporations in response to government subpoenas, qui tam actions, and other government inquiries involving healthcare fraud and abuse allegations, and has defended major civil and criminal government healthcare fraud litigations and investigations. Mr. Harrigan has conducted numerous internal audits and advised healthcare companies, including academic medical centers, hospital systems, diagnostic medical imaging centers, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers on compliance with federal and state fraud and abuse laws.

Mr. Harrigan's practice also involves advising a wide array of healthcare industry clients on issues related to pharmaceutical and medical device marketing, the structure and formation of joint ventures and other corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Harrigan assists hospital systems, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and DME manufacturers in the development and implementation of comprehensive compliance programs including the drafting of policies and procedures, creation of databases, and designing of audits and other systems. Mr. Harrigan also has experience assisting healthcare and life sciences clients in the review, preparation and negotiation of agreements related to the clinical trial process and many other types of agreements including agreements between hospitals and physicians and other healthcare vendors. Mr. Harrigan represents a variety of entities in their various roles in healthcare financings and transactions, including issuers, underwriters, hospitals and other tax-exempt organizations.

In addition to his work in the healthcare arena, Mr. Harrigan has experience in a wide array of other business litigation matters involving breach of contract, unfair competition and trademark infringement. Prior to joining Melendres, Melendres & Harrigan, Mr. Harrigan practiced law for eight years at the international law firm Latham & Watkins LLP where he was a member of the Health Care & Life Sciences practice group. Mr. Harrigan is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Harrigan is the Co-Chair of the False Claims Act/Qui Tam Sub-Committee of the American Bar Association’s Health Law Litigation Section.

Education and Bar Admissions

• J.D., New York University School of Law, 2001
• B.A., University of the South, 1998, magna cum laude, phi beta kappa.
• Admitted in California, New Mexico
  

Publications

• The Eye of the Storm: The Government's Focus of Hospital-Physician Relationships (ABA - The Health Lawyer, June 2009)
• Erin Brockovich's Foray Into Healthcare: Stretching the Medicare Secondary Payer Act to the Limit (California Health Law News, Spring 2007).