Practice Expertise
- Health Care
Areas of Practice
- Health Care
- Senior Housing and Care
Profile
Kate began her professional career as a Registered Nurse and her real world experience has translated to valuable strategic insights for her provider clients in negotiating contracts, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions. She has experience representing hospitals, surgery centers, group practices, telehealth companies and psychiatric health entities in transactional and regulatory matters. She has developed an expertise in understanding the implications of the flow of revenue and routinely performs compliance reviews for Stark and Anti-Kickback, Corporate Practice of Medicine, Billing/Pricing and related concerns. Kate regularly speaks at practice management conferences on these topics.
Kate has also represented multiple hospitals, surgery centers, surgeons, anesthesia providers, laboratories, radiology centers, and psychiatric health providers in litigation from the beginning through trial, and on appeal, and has successfully resolved allegations concerning violations of anti-kickback laws, fraud, breach of confidentiality, covenants not to compete, corporate practice of medicine violations, and unfair competition. Kate's litigation and trial experience includes Federal and California False Claims Act matters, California Insurance Fraud Prevention Act litigation as well as insurance reimbursement issues, including pre- and post-payment audits, offsetting and recoupment practices.
Outside of her legal practice, Kate is a runner, cyclist and yogi and has visited 17 of the U.S. National Parks, with a goal to visit all 63.
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
J.D., Cum Laude, Pepperdine University School of Law (2012)
B.S.N., Magna Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania (2007)
Areas of Practice
- Health Care
- Senior Housing and Care
Professional Career
- California Lawyers Association (CLA) Health Law Committee, Co-Chair
- ProVisors Santa Monica IV, Host
- UPENN Nursing Virtual Interview Committee, Co-Chair
Professional Activities and Experience
Accolades
- The Best Lawyers in America© Ones to Watch, Healthcare Law (2021–2023)
- The Best Lawyers in America© Ones to Watch, Administrative / Regulatory Law (2023)
- Southern California Rising Star and Top Women Lawyers, SuperLawyers (2018–2023)
