Caroline is an attorney in the health care group. Caroline advises hospitals, academic medical centers, health care investors, pharmaceutical and medical device manufactures, and other health care industry clients on a range of regulatory, transactional, compliance, and privacy matters. Caroline has worked on an array of transactions, including non-profit acquisitions, academic affiliations, spin-offs, joint ventures, and private equity investments. Caroline also assists clients with internal as well as external investigations into alleged noncompliance with policies, procedures, and health care regulatory laws, including with respect to alleged research misconduct. Dedicated to public service, Caroline maintains an active pro bono practice.
Experience
Non-Profit Health System Transactions
- Represented St. Luke’s University Health Network in the integration of Grand View Health.
- Represented Rady Children’s Hospital in its merger with Children’s Hospital of Orange County to form Rady Children’s Health, a three-hospital pediatric system.
- Represented a top 10 academic medical center in its acquisition of two acute care hospitals in San Francisco from CommonSpirit Health.
- Represented UCHealth in its acquisition of Parkview Health System.
- Represented The George Washington University (GW) in the sale of its ownership interest in George Washington University Hospital to Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) and the restructuring of GW’s long-term affiliation with UHS.
- Represented a top health system in its acquisition of a regional health system to create a combined system.
Additional Strategic Transactions
- Advised health care and higher education institution on forming and operating for-profit subsidiaries focused on activities supporting scientific research and development.
- Advised private equity clients and other strategic investors on health care regulatory and privacy implications of transactions.
Regulatory Counseling
- Developed health care regulatory training and compliance materials.
- Advised clients on change of ownership and license transfer requirements applicable to a range of licensed health care entities, including medical device distributors, senior living facilities, and insurance entities.
- Advised health care providers on privacy and data protection obligations.
Enforcement and Compliance
- Counseled academic medical centers and institutions of higher education regarding allegations of research misconduct and related issues surrounding the integrity or reliability of research findings.
- Advised academic medical center and university clients regarding individual and institutional conflict of interest issues, including undue “foreign influence” matters.
- Assisted health care provider clients in preparing and submitting self-disclosures of overpayments to the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and state Medicaid programs.
- Advised pharmaceutical companies and universities in conducting internal investigations of employee conduct and preparing disclosures to government agencies.