Robert DeConti
Chief Counsel to the Inspector General, Office of Inspector General
Since 2023, Robert K. DeConti has served as Chief Counsel to the Inspector General, Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Mr. DeConti leads the more than 120-person HHS Office of Counsel to the Inspector General (OCIG). OCIG
provides all legal services to HHS OIG, including advice on audits, investigations, evaluations, and OIG
operations; representation of OIG in civil and administrative fraud enforcement; and issuance of guidance
to the health care industry. Mr. DeConti oversees all OIG internal legal advice, coordination with the
Department of Justice on False Claims Act cases involving HHS, OIG?s civil money penalty and program
exclusion enforcement, negotiation and monitoring of corporate integrity agreements, and industry
guidance on the anti-kickback statute and other OIG enforcement authorities.
Mr. DeConti has served in a variety of management and staff positions in OCIG since 1999. These include
Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs, Chief for the Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch,
Deputy Chief for the Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch, and Senior Counsel. He also served as a
Special Trial Attorney on detail in the Department of Justice, Fraud Section, Criminal Division.
Mr. DeConti received a bachelor?s degree in History from the University of Virginia and a law degree from
the American University Washington College of Law. He has received the HHS Secretary?s Award for
Distinguished Service, among other awards
Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Mr. DeConti leads the more than 120-person HHS Office of Counsel to the Inspector General (OCIG). OCIG
provides all legal services to HHS OIG, including advice on audits, investigations, evaluations, and OIG
operations; representation of OIG in civil and administrative fraud enforcement; and issuance of guidance
to the health care industry. Mr. DeConti oversees all OIG internal legal advice, coordination with the
Department of Justice on False Claims Act cases involving HHS, OIG?s civil money penalty and program
exclusion enforcement, negotiation and monitoring of corporate integrity agreements, and industry
guidance on the anti-kickback statute and other OIG enforcement authorities.
Mr. DeConti has served in a variety of management and staff positions in OCIG since 1999. These include
Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs, Chief for the Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch,
Deputy Chief for the Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch, and Senior Counsel. He also served as a
Special Trial Attorney on detail in the Department of Justice, Fraud Section, Criminal Division.
Mr. DeConti received a bachelor?s degree in History from the University of Virginia and a law degree from
the American University Washington College of Law. He has received the HHS Secretary?s Award for
Distinguished Service, among other awards