Kara Sweet is an associate with Foley & Lardner LLP and member of the firm’s Government Enforcement, Defense, and Investigation Practice and Telemedicine & Digital Health Industry Team.
Kara works with hospitals and health systems, physician practice groups, pharmacies, durable medical equipment companies, laboratories, and emerging technology companies across the country. Her work focuses on federal and state health care regulatory compliance, conducting internal investigations, and defending government investigations and enforcement actions, especially related to actions arising out of the False Claims Act (FCA), Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), and Stark Law.
Before joining Foley, Kara held a clerkship for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) where she worked extensively on exclusion appeals, self-disclosures, corporate integrity agreements, and reportable events. She also held an internship at the U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Missouri.