
Known for providing practical, business-focused guidance, Kathryn counsels clients on regulatory, operational, strategic, and transactional matters. Kathryn's clients include hospitals, behavioral health care providers, physician organizations, telehealth providers, home health providers, medical spas, and other health-related organizations.
With a focus on addiction treatment and behavioral health, Kathryn has counseled hundreds of 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 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.
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 hospitals, behavioral health care providers, 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.
viewpoints
California Publishes Proposed Regulations for the Pre-Closing Review of Health Care Transactions: What You Need To Know Before January 1, 2024
August 7, 2023 | Blog | By Lara Compton, Daniel Cody, Kathryn Edgerton
OCR and FTC Issue Joint Statement Warning Health Care Providers and App Developers About Use of Third Party Online Tracking Technologies
July 24, 2023 | Blog | By Kathryn Edgerton, Lara Compton, Kate Stewart
OCR and FTC Issue Joint Statement Warning Health Care Providers and App Developers About Use of Third Party Online Tracking Technologies
July 21, 2023 | Blog | By Kathryn Edgerton, Lara Compton, Kate Stewart
My Health, My Data! Washington State Enacts Broad Health Data Privacy Protection Law
May 26, 2023 | Blog | By Lara Compton, Kathryn Edgerton, Adam B. Korn
My Health, My Data! Washington State Enacts Broad Health Data Privacy Protection Law
May 24, 2023 | Blog | By Lara Compton, Kathryn Edgerton, Adam B. Korn
New California Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Laws
May 4, 2023 | Blog | By Lara Compton, Kathryn Edgerton, Ryan Rasdall
EnforceMintz — 2022 Saw the Expansion of EKRA Outside of the Addiction Treatment Setting
February 9, 2023 | Blog | By Kathryn Edgerton
Analyzing Health Care False Claims Act Cases
February 9, 2023 | Article | By Karen Lovitch , Brian Dunphy, Grady Campion, Kathryn Edgerton, Cory S. Flashner, Samantha Kingsbury, Kevin McGinty

Mintz Health Law: What We Are Grateful For
January 11, 2023 |Podcast
OCR Warns Providers Against Disclosing PHI on Social Media Platforms in Response to Negative Reviews in Settlement with Dental Practice
December 22, 2022 | Blog | By Lara Compton, Kathryn Edgerton, Pat Ouellette
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
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 hospitals, behavioral health care providers, 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 Women's Leadership Awards - Finalist (2023)
- Los Angeles Business Journal: Trusted Advisor of the Year: Health Care (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 hospitals, behavioral health care providers, physician organizations, telehealth providers, home health providers, medical spas, and other health-related organizations.
Involvement
- Programming Chair, Health Law Committee, Business Law Section, California Lawyers Association (2022 –present)
- Advisory Committee Member, West Coast Consortium for Technology and Innovation in Pediatrics
- Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation (WBL), Member
