How do you bridge a $900 million gap? With expert mediation.

In this masterclass in mediation, seasoned defense counsel, relators counsel, government counsel, and a damages expert will present a healthcare settlement mediation from beginning to end. Turning on five contested decisions, mediators will navigate and narrow the gap between the $908 million claimed by the prosecution, and the $3.8 million admitted by the defense.

• 2 joint sessions
• 2 caucuses
• 1 final number

Through legal and factual analysis the presenters will calculate risk and probabilities, landing at a final value acceptable to all parties.

Key takeaways:

• Distinguishing between building a number and asserting one
  • Testing the other side’s number for the assumptions doing the work.
• Determining where the real leverage sits
  • Correctly treating the kickback claims as identifiable from referral data rather than sampling
• Clarifying why the constitutional ceiling is a settlement input
  • Comparing forums for circuit-specific ratios
• Demonstrating how a neutral party narrows a 238-to-1 spread
  • Sequencing,
  • Reality-testing
  • The point at which a range becomes a number
• Identifying the terms that carry value beyond the figure
  • Tax allocation
  • Covered conduct
  • Parallel resolutuons with the states and OIG
  • The DOJ decision-making approval chain