Heather Alaine Modiano

heather.modiano@lw.com

+1.312.876.7631

Profile

Heather Modiano is an associate in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. Heather represents market-leading insurance providers, healthcare systems, and medical device companies. She joined the firm in 2018 after serving as a judicial law clerk to Judge Sue E. Myerscough of the Central District of Illinois. Prior to that, she was an associate in Latham’s Washington, D.C. office.

While attending law school, Heather was the managing editor of the Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights.

Experience

Heather has advised on several investigations and litigation matters for various hospital systems, insurers, and other clients in issues involving potential Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) violations, Stark Law concerns, and False Claims Act (FCA) matters, including a:

Multinational hospital system and healthcare management company with a series of internal investigations of individual and corporate compliance with policies and federal regulations
Surgical hospital with an internal investigation into AKS and Stark Law issues
Large insurance provider in a high-profile FCA qui tam lawsuit in which DOJ intervened
Hospital system with an internal investigation of billing practices for services by provider type
Hospital system in civil DOJ anti-kickback investigations
Medical device services company in a DOJ civil healthcare fraud investigation into Medicare billing practices
Defense contractor in an intervened qui tam lawsuit alleging violations of FCA

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

Illinois

Education

JD, Northwestern University School of Law, 2015
cum laude
BA in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 2010
magna cum laude

Languages Spoken

English

Practices

Industries

Healthcare & Life Sciences

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January 26, 2024 Our Work

Latham & Watkins Advises on BrightSpring Health Services’ IPO and Concurrent Offering of Tangible Equity Units

Firm represents the underwriters in the offering by the parent company of leading healthcare service lines that provide complementary home- and community-based pharmacy and provider health solutions.

December 20, 2021 Webcast

Private Equity and Healthcare: Enforcement Trends and Investor Risk

Latham attorneys discuss enforcement priorities across the healthcare and life sciences private equity space, as well as key areas of investor risk. MCLE credit offered.