About Lisa Prather

Lisa Prather focuses her practice on health care regulatory and compliance matters. She also handles mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and other health care industry-related special projects.

Advising clients on how to stay ahead of complicated compliance regulations

Lisa's clients are from diverse sectors of the health industry. These include hospital systems, physician groups, pharmacies and other professionals. Lisa assists her clients in meeting their business goals while navigating the increasingly complex health care regulatory environment. Her unique background of working at a Fortune 500 company, a nationwide hospital system and law firms, combined with her experience in federal and state health care law compliance, enables Lisa to offer her clients an exceptional level of assistance and support. This includes advice on everything from HIPAA, the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute to state-level matters, such as telehealth, corporate practice of medicine doctrines, and licensing board rules and regulations for health care providers.

Immediately prior to joining Katten, Lisa served as deputy general counsel to a nationwide system of hospitals and physician group practices. In this role, she oversaw operational, regulatory and compliance, transactional and corporate governance matters for the system's southwest region.

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Practice Focus

  • Corporate
  • Corporate governance
  • Health care regulatory and compliance
  • Health care transactions
  • Health care information privacy and security
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences

Representative Experience

  • Assisted client with review of laws, rules and guidance for all 50 states in order for the client to pursue offering telehealth services nationwide.
  • Provided compliance review and advice regarding more than 1,200 contracts for a group of ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals. *
  • Counseled investors and operators in the formation of 5.01(a)-type nonprofit health care organizations.
  • Negotiated dozens of agreements related to clinical research studies among sponsors, institutions, and donors.
  • Provided health care regulatory advice for an acquisition that was later recognized as one of Dallas’ top health care deals of 2018. *
  • Assisted a Dallas-based operator of freestanding emergency departments in acquiring additional freestanding emergency departments across the state. *
  • Provided HIPAA compliance advice and training for hospitals, clinics, laboratories, pharmacies, and other health care providers and business associates.
* Experience prior to Katten

News

Publications

Quick Reads

Presentations and Events

  • July 15, 2020
    Ten Post-Deal Steps for Healthcare Entities
  • November 2017
    Health Law Sections of Dallas and Austin Bar Associations
    Co-Presenter | The Stark Law and Certain Trending Arrangements: What to Know When Analyzing Lithotripsy, Neuromonitoring, and Pathology Arrangements
Practices
Industries
Education
  • Texas Tech University School of Law, JD, magna cum laude
  • The University of Texas at Austin, BS, with high honors
  • Board Certified, Health Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Bar Admissions
  • Texas
Community Involvements
  • American Bar Association, Vice Chair, National Board of Health Lawyers
  • American Health Law Association (AHLA)
  • Camp John Marc, Board Member
  • Children's Cancer Fund, General Counsel
  • Dallas Bar Association, Health Law Section Chair 2024
Lisa Prather Discusses the Expansion of Telehealth Services and What Providers Need to Know
Recognitions
Recognized or listed in the following:
  • Best Lawyers in America
    Health Care Law, 2024–2025
  • The Legal 500 United States
    Recommended Attorney, 2024
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