Art Kalantar
Art Kalantar is a nationally and internationally recognized legal expert in the field of healthcare law. Located in Beverly Hills, California, Mr. Kalantar represents providers in high-stakes and complicated healthcare audits, investigations, administrative, civil, criminal, and licensing matters. Mr. Kalantar handles matters in federal districts throughout the United States and in all courts in the State of California.
For two decades, Mr. Kalantar has specialized in healthcare law and thus has outstanding legal skills and acumen to be a leader in healthcare law. Apart from his legal skills, Mr. Kalantar is a standout in the healthcare field because he previously owned and operated successful healthcare businesses. Thus, he understands the economics of operating a successful healthcare business and the attendant risks and benefits when making litigation decisions. Because he was also a healthcare business owner, Mr. Kalantar couples his legal knowledge with good business sense and discernment. This extensive healthcare business experience, in conjunction with his decades of healthcare-law practice, makes him unparalleled, and sets him above other healthcare attorneys.
Audits and Investigations
In audits and investigations, Mr. Kalantar has saved clients millions of dollars, avoided debarments and exclusions, and license suspensions and revocations. He has succeeded by carefully reviewing, analyzing, and presenting the data to back up the services provided, and amounts billed. He understands the patchwork of intersecting and conflicting state and federal healthcare billing practices and laws and knows what to do to effectively represent his clients in audits and investigations.
Administrative Cases
Mr. Kalantar knows the labyrinth of rules, regulations, statutes, and unwritten practices that dumbfound less experienced healthcare attorneys. Each healthcare area has its own twists and turns, with different rules at each stage of appeal. No other attorney in the country has the skill set, knowledge, and discernment of Mr. Kalantar in knowing what to do and when to do it. He has a keen grasp of the nuances which can make the difference in winning rather than losing millions of dollars – whether it be as a civil judgment against the provider or a recoupment from future billings.
Criminal Cases
Criminal investigations can be ominous. Sometimes a defense lawyer must act quickly. When someone has an immediate problem there is no time for attorneys to educate themselves on the nuances and complexities of healthcare law. Mr. Kalantar has successfully represented clients in federal and state courts in criminal healthcare matters. He recognizes the overreach of government. Mr. Kalantar has decades of healthcare experience, knows the unique defenses lost on less experienced attorneys, and senses when prosecutors overreach and have flawed cases.
Civil Cases
The prevalence of both government False Claims Act lawsuits and employee whistleblower lawsuits has increased exponentially. Countless times Mr. Kalantar has seen the aftereffects of “Pay and Chase” in which an honest healthcare provider furnished covered services and then later, sometimes years later, is subject to a demand or lawsuit for recoupment. Or, even worse, prior to the filing of a lawsuit for recoupment, the provider is overwhelmed by serial and abusive audit demands. In his twenty years of healthcare litigation, Mr. Kalantar has successfully prosecuted and defended multi-million-dollar claims. He has represented the entire gamut of healthcare businesses and professionals, including physicians, dentists, clinics, home healthcare agencies, hospices, laboratories, billers, management services organizations, and other healthcare providers.
Licensing Matters
Because of his in-depth knowledge of the healthcare business, and the patchwork of healthcare laws, Mr. Kalantar has successfully represented numerous healthcare professions before their respective licensing boards.
Mr. Kalantar is a member of the American Health Law Association, California Society of Healthcare Professionals, Los Angeles County Bar Association (Healthcare Law Section), and the Los Angeles Criminal Inn of Court.
