Damaris Medina is Co-Chair of Buchalter’s Health Care Practice Group, Health Care Dispute Resolution Practice Group, and Health Care & Life Sciences Industry Group, and serves as Chair of the Firm’s Health Systems & Hospitals Industry Group. A Partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles and Orange County offices, Ms. Medina is a nationally recognized health care attorney with more than 15 years of experience advising and representing hospitals, health systems, and other health care providers in complex litigation, reimbursement disputes, and regulatory matters.
Ms. Medina’s practice focuses on managed care litigation involving commercial and Medicare/Medicaid plans, where she has successfully litigated numerous high-value reimbursement disputes against major health plans—recovering millions of dollars for her provider clients. Her experience spans both out-of-network disputes, where she establishes the reasonable value of hospital and physician services, and in-network matters involving unfair payment practices, medical necessity, and coding denials. She represents clients in arbitration, state, and federal courts nationwide.
Beyond litigation, Ms. Medina provides strategic counsel to hospitals and health systems on managed care contracting, revenue cycle optimization, regulatory compliance, and risk management. She also defends providers in government and private payor audits, False Claims Act investigations, and enforcement actions brought by agencies such as the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
