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Tara Carrier

Tara Carrier is an associate in Covington’s Boston office, where she is a member of the Health Care and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups. Tara focuses her practice on representing clients in the life sciences and health care industries in a variety of regulatory and compliance matters, including fraud and abuse, health information privacy and compliance with HIPAA, promotion and advertising, market access, pricing and reimbursement activities, and other related areas. In addition, Tara has experience representing clients in government investigations and conducting targeted internal investigations covering a broad range of health care compliance issues. She also counsels clients on mitigating compliance risks and implementing and operating under HHS OIG Corporate Integrity Agreements.

Tara is an author of the U.S. chapter of a global treatise on drug pricing and reimbursement.

In addition to her life sciences practice, Tara maintains an active pro bono practice, with a particular focus on reproductive rights.

On February 23, 2022, Gregory E. Demske, Chief Counsel to the Inspector General for HHS’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”), provided opening remarks and answered questions during the Federal Bar Association’s annual Qui Tam Conference.  Mr. Demske spoke about OIG’s role in False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement and resolutions, and discussed enforcement priorities for the upcoming year.
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