Katie O'Neill is a senior associate in the Corporate Practice Group and Healthcare Industry Team. Katie has a diverse healthcare practice and been recognized by Best Lawyers as One to Watch for Health Care Law. Always building on her substantial transactional and advisory experience, she stays updated on new laws and healthcare industry trends to provide comprehensive, forward-looking guidance for clients navigating operational issues and market conditions.
Katie represents medical groups, independent practice associations, management services organizations, hospital systems, payors and other healthcare industry clients, both for-profit and non-profit. On the transactional side, she manages mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic affiliations of every shape and size.
On the advisory side, Katie guides clients on legal issues impacting operations, including commercial contracting, corporate governance, provider employment, licensing, AI governance and oversight, telemedicine and remote patient monitoring, regulatory transaction reviews and approvals, corporate practice of medicine, reimbursement, fraud and abuse, peer review and mandated reporting.
As a former registered nurse at a major academic medical center in Chicago, Katie has years of hands-on experience in healthcare delivery and clinical operations. Her practical experience informs her advice to clients on value-based care transformation initiatives, including risk-based contracting, population health management, team-based care, care coordination, risk adjustment, provider alignment strategies, ACOs, and clinically integrated networks.