Meredith Williams

Meredith Williams

Counsel
Meredith Williams advises healthcare clients on federal fraud and abuse compliance, regulatory strategy, and government investigations. She brings more than 20 years of experience as a senior attorney at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) — one of the most consequential positions in federal healthcare enforcement — and translates that insider perspective into practical, business-informed guidance for healthcare and life sciences organizations navigating a complex regulatory environment.

During her tenure at the OIG, Meredith served in two distinct senior counsel roles that together span the full arc of federal healthcare oversight. For more than 16 years in the Industry Guidance Branch, she prepared OIG advisory opinions, drafted regulations, and issued public guidance addressing the legality of healthcare transactions and arrangements under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), the Civil Monetary Penalties (CMP) law, and other federal fraud and abuse authorities. She also designed fraud and abuse waivers for Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) payment models to support coordinated care initiatives — work that placed her at the forefront of federal efforts to modernize healthcare delivery.

Credentials

Education

  • Sweet Briar College, B.A., 1995, cum laude
  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D., 1998

Bar Admissions

  • Texas
  • District of Columbia
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