Expertise: Dr. Anthony Tagavi, PharmD, JD, is a licensed pharmacist and attorney with extensive experience in pharmacy law, healthcare compliance, and outpatient pharmacy operations. He serves as Senior Director of Community Pharmacy and Ryan White Services at UK HealthCare, President of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, and Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Law. Dr. Tagavi is an expert in areas involving state and federal pharmacy law, 340B program compliance (including Ryan White Part B and C entities), controlled substance dispensing, and pharmacist standard of care. He also offers expert analysis in healthcare fraud and abuse matters, including False Claims Act investigations and billing disputes related to PBMs, Medicaid, and 340B pricing. His areas of expertise also include prescriptive authority, collaborative practice agreements, and reimbursement issues, with a focus on Kentucky’s regulatory and payer landscape. With dual training in law and pharmacy, Dr. Tagavi delivers clear, authoritative insights that bridge clinical practice with legal and regulatory standards. He is available for both plaintiff and defense matters nationwide.
Area of Practice: Pharmacy law, 340B compliance, Ryan White programs, Medicaid, PBM disputes, audit defense, billing practices, controlled substances, dispensing standards, scope of practice, prescriptive authority, collaborative agreements, fraud and abuse, False Claims Act, regulatory compliance, board disciplinary actions, outpatient pharmacy operations, managed care, pharmacy reimbursement.
Expertise: Pete is an associate in the Life Sciences Health Industry Group, based in our Philadelphia office. He counsels health care providers and suppliers, life sciences companies, private equity funds, and other health care organizations on issues pertaining to state and federal fraud and abuse laws (including the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law and the False Claims Act), HIPAA compliance, commercial and governmental payor arrangements, the corporate practice of medicine, fee-splitting arrangements, licensing and change of ownership requirements, and other health care regulatory matters. Pete has experience representing both buyers and sellers in health care transactional matters.
In addition to his core life sciences and health care practice, Pete is part of the firm’s Retail & Consumer Goods group, advising retail pharmacy and health clinic clients.
Prior to law school, Pete earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Rhode Island and was a practicing pharmacist and district manager for a national retail pharmacy chain.