GEORGE MALIHA focuses his practice on healthcare and FDA regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters for a wide range of life sciences and healthcare provider clients. He provides strategic, day-to-day counsel on fraud and abuse issues involving the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, the federal physician “Stark” Law, and the False Claims Act. George also advises clients on the Inflation Reduction Act, the Sunshine Act, Medicare and Medicaid coverage and reimbursement, 340B program, government price reporting laws, market access, patient assistance programs, as well as the development and implementation of healthcare compliance programs.
Prior to joining Sidley, George was a resident in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he researched the legal implications of AI in healthcare and dialysis payment policy. He is board certified in Internal Medicine.
George earned his law degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. While attending law school, he served as co-editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal on Legislation and director of projects for the Harvard Law and Entrepreneurship Project. George earned his M.D., Alpha Omega Alpha, from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his A.B., summa cum laude, in molecular biology with a minor in public policy from Princeton University.