Raja M.G.Sekaran

Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Catholic Healthcare West (CHW)

Since graduating from law school in 1992, Raja has enjoyed a diverse health law practice in areas ranging from regulatory compliance to managed care to bankruptcy and other litigation. Beginning his career in law firms, Raja moved to the federal government, where he served as a Senior Counsel in the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In that capacity, Raja represented the OIG in administrative litigation, False Claims Act matters, Corporate Integrity Agreement negotiations, and the issuance of Advisory Opinions. Currently, Raja serves as CHW’s Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs in San Francisco, where he provides legal services to CHW’s Compliance, Managed Care, and Finance departments. He also serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the California Health Law News, and is Vice Chair of the Publications Committee of the ABA Health Law Section. Raja is a frequent speaker on various health law topics.

Raja graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a B.A. with Distinction and then attended Cornell Law School, receiving a law degree with Concentration in Business Law & Regulation. In addition, Raja has an LL.M. with Distinction in Health Care Law from the Georgetown University Law Center.

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