Known for providing practical, business-focused guidance, Kathryn counsels clients on regulatory, operational, strategic, and transactional matters. Kathryn's clients include behavioral health care providers, fertility providers, hospitals, laboratories, physician organizations, telehealth providers, home health providers, medical spas, and other health-related organizations.
With a focus on behavioral health and addiction treatment , Kathryn has counseled hundreds of behavioral health and addiction treatment providers on day-to-day operations. She has successfully obtained licensure, certification, and accreditation on behalf of clients, including addiction treatment facilities, group homes, adult residential facilities, congregate living facilities, and home health agencies regulated by California's Department of Health Care Services, Department of Social Services, and Department of Public Health. In addition, she regularly helps behavioral health care facilities successfully counter denial of non-renewal of licensure, certification, and accreditation by government agencies.
Kathryn's health care transactional experience includes serving as health care regulatory counsel to private equity firms and other investors in mergers and acquisitions. In addition, Kathryn’s transaction experience includes preparing a broad range of governance documents related to ongoing business operations, shareholder agreements, stock restriction agreements, documents related to financing and mergers, and employee and contractor agreements.
In addition, Kathryn counsels clients on the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA), the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the physician self-referral and payments law (Stark Law), and California unfair competition law, among others. Kathryn applies her deep healthcare regulatory knowledge when representing clients in state and federal government investigations.
As a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP-US), Kathryn's work includes advising clients on the nuances of HIPAA, HITECH, and state privacy and security laws and regulations, including 42 CFR Part 2, the FTC Act, CMIA, and California breach notification laws. She has also worked closely with clients to evaluate potential breaches and draft data privacy and security policies and procedures, notice of privacy practices, and terms of use policies.
Prior to joining Mintz, Kathryn was counsel at a US business and litigation firm. In law school, Kathryn served as the general editor of the Cornell International Law Journal and a judicial extern to the Honorable Erithe A. Smith of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.
Known for providing practical, business-focused guidance, Kathryn counsels clients on regulatory, operational, strategic, and transactional matters. Kathryn's clients include behavioral health care providers, fertility providers, hospitals, laboratories, physician organizations, telehealth providers, home health providers, medical spas, and other health-related organizations.
Experience
- Member of the team serving as health care regulatory counsel to TPG Capital’s The Rise Fund in its investment in Banyan Treatment Centers, LLC, a nationwide provider of substance use disorder and mental health services.
- Represented a California-based addiction treatment provider in a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation related to alleged unfair and deceptive advertising practices.
- Advised laboratories on compliance with the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA), including developing novel compensation models for marketing and business development employees.
- Worked closely with a telehealth company’s leadership and physicians to address regulatory issues associated with implementing a new digital health platform.
- Advised one of the nation's top health care services providers on interconnected HIPAA, CMIA, and CCPA/CPRA issues and drafted related internal and external policies.
- Served as regulatory counsel for the then-largest hospital bankruptcy in US history. The matter involved corporate and regulatory counsel on the organization’s ongoing operations and extensive regulatory work related to the sale of six hospitals. Also advised the organization on the California attorney general’s conditions and approval process.
- Worked closely with a behavioral health care provider on the formation of a management service organization and professional corporation structure to comply with California’s ban on the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM).
- Advised an acute psychiatric hospital on compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and drafted related internal policies.
- Advised a physician practice on compliance with advertising laws and regulations.
- Advised infertility-focused California professional corporation on its national expansion strategy, which included building a national network of professional counselors using a proprietary method for assessing prospective egg donors, surrogates, and intended parents.
- Advised national telehealth company on the merger and consolidation of its various state professional corporations to streamline its operations.
viewpoints
California Bill (AB-3129) Targets Private Equity and Hedge Fund Health Care Transactions
March 1, 2024 | Blog | By Kathryn Edgerton, Deborah Daccord, Karen Lovitch
California’s Health Care Transactions Review Law: Preparing for What Comes Next
February 26, 2024 | Blog | By Kathryn Edgerton, Deborah Daccord, Karen Lovitch
New Mexico Latest State to Expand Medicaid Behavioral Health Program, Add Mobile Crisis Intervention Program
February 21, 2024 | Blog | By Pat Ouellette, Kathryn Edgerton
CMS Announces New Model for the Delivery of Integrated Behavioral and Physical Health Care
February 5, 2024 | Blog | By Kathryn Edgerton, Pat Ouellette
CMS will circulate a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) in spring of 2024 and select up to eight states to participate in the IBH Model, which is expected to last for eight years. Selected states will align with their respective state Medicaid agencies (SMAs) on clinical policies for integrated care and work with Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) or other partners for model development and implementation.
Health Law Diagnosed — Mintz Health Law Team: Reflecting on What We Are Grateful For
February 5, 2024 | Podcast | By Bridgette Keller
OCR Releases Long Awaited Final Rule Regarding the Conscience Protections for Religious and Moral Objections in Health Care
January 29, 2024 | Blog | By Madison Castle, Kathryn Edgerton, Maya Lytje, Matthew Tikhonovsky, Rachel Wang
Approved: California Regulations for the Pre-Closing Review of Health Care Transactions Finalized
December 28, 2023 | Blog | By Kathryn Edgerton, Deborah Daccord, Lara Compton
California Further Revises Proposed Regulations for the Pre-Closing Review of Health Care Transactions and Notifies Stakeholders of Upcoming Submission to the Office of Administrative Law
November 30, 2023 | Blog | By Lara Compton, Pamela Polevoy, Kathryn Edgerton, Daniel Cody, Deborah Daccord
California Health Care Legislative Update: Fall 2023
November 7, 2023 | Blog | By Lara Compton, Pat Ouellette, Kathryn Edgerton
California Legislative Update: Reproductive and Gender Affirming Care Rights and Protections
October 11, 2023 | Blog | By Lara Compton, Kathryn Edgerton, Daniel Cody
News & Press
Mintz Announces New Member Growth
December 16, 2022
Mintz’s Private Equity Practice Appoints New Leadership
November 17, 2022
Davis Wright Health Law Pro Jumps to Mintz In LA
October 21, 2022
Mintz Widens Health Footprint With New Member Kathryn Edgerton
October 20, 2022
Events & Speaking
Yes, These Regulations Apply to You: California’s New Pre-Transaction Market Impact Review Processes
CSHA 2024 Annual Meeting and Spring Seminar - Pre-Transaction Review Process
Olympic Valley, CA
Tracking Technologies and Health Information: A Prescription to Avoid Enforcement Action Headaches
Association of Corporate Counsel 2023 Life Sciences Conference
Online Event
Tracking Technologies in Health Care
Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation
Online Event
Can We Do This? Avoiding Marketing and Business Development Compliance Pitfalls
REDC Member Meeting
InterContinental Minneapolis
Known for providing practical, business-focused guidance, Kathryn counsels clients on regulatory, operational, strategic, and transactional matters. Kathryn's clients include behavioral health care providers, fertility providers, hospitals, laboratories, physician organizations, telehealth providers, home health providers, medical spas, and other health-related organizations.
Recognition & Awards
Best Lawyers in America: Health Care (2024)
Los Angeles Business Journal Leaders of Influence: Thriving in Their 40s (2024)
Los Angeles Times B2B - Inspirational Women Forum and Leadership Awards (Nominee, 2023)
Los Angeles Business Journal: Trusted Advisor of the Year: Health Care (Finalist, 2023)
Los Angeles Business Journal: Women of Influence: Attorneys (2023)
Los Angeles Business Journal: Women of Influence: Health Care (2023)
Thompson Reuters: Southern California Rising Stars (2015 – 2022)
Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch – Health Care (2021)
Los Angeles Business Journal: Top Women Attorneys (2020)
Known for providing practical, business-focused guidance, Kathryn counsels clients on regulatory, operational, strategic, and transactional matters. Kathryn's clients include behavioral health care providers, fertility providers, hospitals, laboratories, physician organizations, telehealth providers, home health providers, medical spas, and other health-related organizations.
Involvement
- 50/50 Women on Boards Los Angeles, Leadership Committee
- Health Law Committee, Business Law Section, California Lawyers Association, Programming Chair
- West Coast Consortium for Technology and Innovation in Pediatrics, Advisory Committee Member
- Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation (WBL), Member
- Food From the Bar Program, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Participant
- Alliance for Children’s Rights, Pro Bono Counsel for Adoptions
- DC Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Virtual Clinic, Volunteer