Philip Peisch

Philip Peisch is the Managing Partner of Brown & Peisch, PLLC in Washington, D.C. He helps state agencies, health plans, providers, technology companies, and other clients navigate disputes and regulatory issues involving government-sponsored health care and public benefit programs. His practice covers Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, the Affordable Care Act, TANF, Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, Child Support Enforcement, SNAP, digital health, telemedicine, and electronic health record requirements.

Phil earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2009, magna cum laude, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and worked on the Georgetown Law Journal. He received an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 2004. He later clerked for Judge Norman H. Stahl on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and Judge J. Frederick Motz on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Phil regularly handles appeals of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services actions before the HHS Departmental Appeals Board and litigates challenges involving federal agencies and public assistance programs. His representative work includes an ADA Olmstead challenge, Medicaid payment and waiver issues, behavioral health compliance, and litigation seeking unpaid Affordable Care Act risk corridor payments. He also advises on federal requirements affecting hospitals, state Medicaid agencies, and digital health initiatives.

Philip Peisch previously practiced at Covington & Burling LLP, where he served as vice-chair of the Health Care group before co-founding Brown & Peisch. His work combines administrative litigation, federal health care regulation, public benefits law, and counseling for government and private-sector clients. He helps clients evaluate agency positions, comply with program rules, structure responses to federal requirements, and pursue or defend litigation involving the operation and financing of major public programs.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, Brown & Peisch, PLLC
• Member, District of Columbia Bar

Licensed State

• District of Columbia

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Dartmouth College
  A.B.

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