Brian McGovern has provided legal counsel and representation to health care and not-for-profit clients since joining Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in 1993.  His knowledge and experience span the breadth of legal issues that confront the provider community, including providing counsel and advocacy on reimbursement issues; responding to government audits and investigations, including Medicare fiscal intermediary audits and New York State Office of Medicaid Inspector General ("OMIG") and Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit ("MFCU") inquiries; counseling health care providers on regulatory compliance; assisting providers on rate appeals, certificate of need applications, property tax exemption applications and appeals, and other submissions to administrative and regulatory agencies; responding to patient-care survey deficiency citations; and representing providers in administrative hearings and litigation in State and Federal courts.  The providers represented during his career at Cadwalader include nursing homes, home care agencies, hospices, hospitals, continuing care retirement communities, and pediatric facilities.

Brian has also counseled the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging ("NYAHSA") on statutory, regulatory and other legal developments impacting long term care providers in New York State.  Brian has given lectures and presentations for NYAHSA members on topics ranging from provider admissions policies, corporate compliance, real property tax exemption, and OMIG and MFCU audit initiatives.

Before coming to Cadwalader, Brian served for five and one-half years as an Assistant Attorney General for New York State, where he defended the State in, among other matters, Medicaid reimbursement litigation and other legal challenges to statutes, regulations, and agency actions affecting health care providers.

Brian graduated from Georgetown University Law Center.  He is admitted to practice in New York State, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Fourth Circuits.