Ritu Kaur Cooper
Esq.

Meet Your Expert

Ritu Kaur Cooper is a shareholder in the Washington DC office of Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman, PC. Hall Render is the largest health care-focused law firm in the country.  Ritu is the co-chair of the firm’s Compliance Service Line.  Ritu’s practice consists of representing health care providers such as hospitals and health systems in litigation, regulatory and compliance matters. Her particular area of focus is on fraud and abuse, compliance, internal and government investigations, as well as voluntary disclosures to the OIG Self Disclosure Protocol or the CMS Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol.  Ritu also served as the Interim Compliance Officer for Beaver Dam Community Hospitals, Inc. and the Interim Division I Deputy Compliance Officer for Prime Healthcare Services, Inc.

Ritu advises clients on whether arrangements are compliant with the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statue, and the Civil Monetary Penalties Law.  She regularly works with the legal and compliance departments to assist clients with the development of effective compliance programs consistent with the OIG guidance. She drafts compliance policies and procedures, develops and provides compliance education and training from the Board level to employees to contracted physicians, drafts and negotiates agreements consistent with the fraud and abuse laws and assists clients with internal investigations and implementing appropriate corrective actions. She counsels health care providers as well as medical device and pharmaceutical companies on compliance with the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, AdvaMed Code of Conduct, PhRMA Code, and state and federal “Sunshine” laws.

Ritu is licensed to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and the District of Columbia.  She is also admitted before the United States Supreme Court and the District Court of the District of New Jersey.  She is an honors graduate from The George Washington University (B.A.), a cum laude graduate from Syracuse University (J.D.), and was awarded an L.L.M. in Health Law by Saint Louis University.

Ritu served as the American Health Lawyers Association’s (AHLA’s) Vice Chair of Research and Website for the Hospitals and Health Systems Practice Group for four years, the Vice Chair of Strategic Initiatives for one year and now Vice Chair-Educational Programming.  Ritu is also a member of AHLA’s Nominating Committee.  She is a past president of the South Asian Bar Association of Washington, DC and an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.  Ritu frequently writes and lectures on compliance and the health care fraud and abuse laws.

Training Sessions by Ritu Kaur Cooper