Robert L. Roth Esq.

Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC
Roth, Robert L.

Robert L. Roth, a Managing Partner at Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C.'s Washington, D.C., office, advises clients on matters arising under Medicare and Medicaid, focusing on payment, compliance, and licensing issues. Mr. Roth represents a wide range of clients on federal and state regulatory and business matters. He also represents clients in litigation at the state and federal trial and appellate court levels, as well as before state and federal administrative tribunals, including the Provider Reimbursement Review Board. Mr. Roth is one of the select few health lawyers to have argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, which he did in Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center, 133 S.Ct. 817 (2013).

Mr. Roth represents providers and other clients throughout the country on matters such as reimbursement, overpayment refunds/disclosure, and coordination of benefits. He also actively counsels clients on complying with the issues surrounding all aspects of the Medicare/Medicaid programs, including the Medicare Secondary Payer statute.

Mr. Roth began practicing privately in 1993 following an 11-year career in government, during which he served at both the state and federal levels. At the federal level, he represented the Health Care Financing Administration (subsequently renamed CMS) as part of the HHS Office of the General Counsel. Earlier, at the state level, Mr. Roth served as an Assistant Attorney General, representing Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on state regulatory issues, after serving the Maryland General Assembly as Counsel to the Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates and the Commission to Revise the Annotated Code of Maryland.

Mr. Roth received his undergraduate degree from Lehigh University and his J.D. from the Syracuse University College of Law.

He is the author of the Bloomberg BNA Health Law & Business Portfolio Series No. 1350, Medical Appeals: Practice and Procedures.