Bio

David Deaton, a nationally recognized leader in health care law and Chair of O’Melveny’s Health Care Practice, represents major health insurers and other health care companies in complex, high-stakes regulatory, enforcement, and business matters. David conducts internal investigations for health care companies and audit committees, and he defends them in federal and state enforcement inquiries. He also counsels buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions and health care companies facing strategic business challenges and opportunities. In over 18 years at the firm, David has assembled a record of experience in the increasingly contested fields of state and federal anti-kickback and self-referral law (e.g., the Stark laws), Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement law, state and federal privacy law, and managed-care regulation. He frequently writes and speaks on these issues for national audiences and has been named one of the country’s “Outstanding Healthcare Fraud & Compliance Lawyers” by Nightingale’s Healthcare News.