Karen George is a member of the Firm’s Litigation and Health Care Practice Groups in the Orange County Office. Ms. George focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation disputes, with a particular emphasis on health care clients. Ms. George represents a diverse array of health care clients, including hospital systems, physician groups, billing companies, pharmacies, emergency transportation providers, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers, telehealth companies, and outpatient clinics.

Ms. George has particular insight into the issues surrounding managed care contracting and routinely represents health care providers in large exposure reimbursement disputes and litigation with managed care companies, health insurers, third-party administrators, Medicare Advantage plans, and employer-sponsored health plans. Ms. George regularly handles out-of-network reimbursement disputes, federal preemption issues, coverage disputes, coordination of benefits issues, and recoupment demands. Ms. George routinely defends providers against both private and government payor audits, as well as in False Claims Act cases brought by Federal and State agencies

Ms. George also advises health care providers on compliance and reimbursement issues presented by telehealth and telemedicine.