Experience

Evolve Adolescent Behavioral Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• General Counsel

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  • As Head of Legal, Privacy and Compliance, collaborate closely with C-Suite, providing hands-on operational, legal and compliance expertise to facilitate the company's growth. • Negotiate, draft and review contracts relating to provision of healthcare, non-medical providers, marketing, commercial real estate, and payment processing, while implementing finance goals to protect revenue generation. • Serve as a subject matter expert on insurance, regulatory, corporate compliance, and licensing issues, including privacy, data security, HR and employment matters. • Leveraged extensive network to retain firms for trademark, corporate, employment and commercial litigation issues, utilizing alternative fee arrangements and discounted hourly rates to reduce spend. • Analyze insurance portfolio to obtain broadest coverage with lowest premiums. • Develop and maintain policies and procedures to comply with regulatory requirements and reduce risk profile. • Initiate risk management and business process improvements to lower litigation exposure. • Contribute as key member of company’s executive leadership, and internal audit committee. Show less



Optum

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant General Counsel, Optum

  • Jun 2019 - Oct 2020

  In June 2019, DaVita Medical Group joined the Optum family. In June 2019, DaVita Medical Group joined the Optum family.



DaVita Medical Group

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant General Counsel

  • Mar 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Provided strategic legal counseling to innovative and entrepreneurial Medicare Advantage (MA) organization, Restricted Knox- Keene (RKK) health plan, IPA, and MSO on a broad range of legal matters and strategic growth opportunities, including operations, compliance with local, state & federal regulations (Anti-Kickback, Stark, CMP, CMS & DHCS), corporate practice of medicine, physician employment agreements, provider contracting, privacy & data related matters (HIPAA, CCPA & TCPA), risk mitigation, internal investigations, management of outside counsel and pending litigation. • Drafted and negotiated a broad range of agreements, including capitation, institutional, ancillary, provider, business associate, IT, SaaS, cyber security, data use, vendor, real estate, employment contracts. • Drafted and reviewed corporate organizational documents, including minutes and resolutions. • Drafted and filed Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) filings and amendments for RKK health plan. • Connected with health plan and government counsel or auditors regarding specific compliance and legal requests. • Conducted internal investigations for employment, corporate and regulatory matters. • Reviewed and advised on requests and subpoenas for patient medical records and corporate records. • Developed policies and procedures to comply with applicable regulations and contractual obligations. Show less



Key Health

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Counsel

  • Sep 2009 - Mar 2017

  • Advised national corporation on all aspects of business development, underwriting, risk analysis, corporate transactions, acquisitions, governance, compliance and litigation. • Advised board of directors and C-suite of corporation on variety of legal issues, such as public policy and lobby initiatives, commercial transactions, expansion into new territories, sales, employment, legal due diligence and real estate lease transactions. • Managed national litigation; personally handled local litigation and motions. • Developed use of standardized forms, such as HIPAA authorization forms and operational processes. • Oversaw corporate transactions; drafted and negotiated commercial agreements. • Conducted internal HIPAA, privacy and data security audits; complied with external investigations and audits. • Managed corporate governance. Show less



Bissell, Obas & Federle, LLP

• Los Angeles, CA

• Associate Attorney

  • Feb 2008 - Sep 2009

  • Advised and defended clients in general liability litigation and insurance coverage claims. • Managed and implemented litigation strategy for cases involving third party liability and insurance bad faith. • Advised and defended clients in personal injury, insurance coverage and third-party litigation. • Prepared coverage opinions and advised insurers on coverage obligations. • Advised and defended clients in general liability litigation and insurance coverage claims. • Managed and implemented litigation strategy for cases involving third party liability and insurance bad faith. • Advised and defended clients in personal injury, insurance coverage and third-party litigation. • Prepared coverage opinions and advised insurers on coverage obligations.