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.

Bar Admissions

• California
• Illinois

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center
• University of California, Irvine

• Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Hastening Telehealth Provision of Medical Services Across State Lines

  By Karen N. George, Karen N. George |April 2020

Additional Articles

• No Surprises Act: No Surprise. More Information Yet to Come.
• DMHC Reverses Course – No Surprises Act Does Not Apply to Out-of-Network Emergency Services Governed by the Knox-Keene Act
• An Unanticipated and Significant Victory for Providers: HHS Withdraws Unfavorable Rule that Favored Payers Over Emergency Providers Under the No Surprises Act
• A Big Win for Providers: Federal Court Strikes Unfavorable Rule on Provider-Payor Disputes Under the No Surprises Act
• Malpractice Liability Considerations for Telehealth
• Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Hastening Telehealth Provision of Medical Services Across State Lines
• Managing Problematic Hospital-Based Physicians in Light of Economy v. Sutter East Bay Hospitals
• Ruling Ends Physician Termination Sans Peer Review Process
• California Appellate Court Decision Impacts Ability to Terminate Hospital-Based Physicians