Lisa Re is a nationwide authority on healthcare fraud enforcement and compliance. She held key executive leadership roles during her twenty-year career at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), including Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs and Acting Chief Counsel. Her practice focuses on health care regulatory and enforcement matters, particularly involving OIG investigations, compliance, and government oversight.
Lisa served as HHS’s representative for False Claims Act cases and spent years coordinating with the U.S. Department of Justice on these matters. She led OIG’s administrative litigation and exclusion program, established enforcement priorities, and oversaw OIG’s self-disclosure protocol. Lisa was also responsible for OIG’s compliance policy and Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) enforcement, helping to strengthen the agency’s oversight of the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical technology industries.
Lisa has deep expertise advising on complex issues and laws, such as the Anti-Kickback Statute, Civil Monetary Penalties law, Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, Information Blocking, and the Exclusions Statute. As a compliance authority, she signed, negotiated, monitored, and enforced OIG’s CIAs. This sophisticated knowledge helps clients establish compliance programs and identify vulnerabilities to protect healthcare organizations from fraud liability.
Perspectives
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Health Law, Saint Louis University School of Law, 2002
- M.A., Legal Professions and Studies, Webster University, 1998
- B.S., Nursing, Saint Louis University, 1994
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Missouri
Government & Military Service
- Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2016-2025)
- Acting Chief Counsel to the Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (bimonthly basis in 2022)
- Branch Chief, Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch Chief (ACRB), Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2012-2016)
- Deputy Branch Chief, ACRB, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008-2012)
- Associate and Senior Counsel, ACRB, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2005-2008)