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Kate L. Pamperin

Associate

Kate L. Pamperin

Associate

Kate Pamperin focuses on counseling clients with respect to a wide range of transactional and health care regulatory compliance matters. Her experience includes assisting health care clients with mergers and acquisitions, affiliations, and the formation of friendly professional corporations.

Kate is particularly focused on the crossover of health care regulatory work and employment law. She has worked on a variety of labor & employment matters within the industry, including: drafting employment, bonus, and separation agreements; assessing restrictive covenants; and preparing comprehensive employee handbooks for telehealth clients that comply with employment laws in all 50 states.

She is a member of the Health Care Practice Group and as well as the Telemedicine & Digital Health Industry Team.

Representative Experience

  • Advised on compliance with state and federal laws affecting multistate licensure and scope of practice issues for direct-to-patient and remote patient monitoring telemedicine business models.
  • Advised on federal and state requirements for remote prescribing, including controlled substances.
  • Analyzed corporate practice of medicine and compliance considerations for virtual care physician services across the country.
  • Drafted a compliance program for a digital health company.
  • Represented a multinational medical device company with its sale to a private equity firm.
  • Represented a California health system in connection with its acquisition of a regional hospital.
  • Represented a Massachusetts health system in connection with its acquisition of seven urgent care centers.
  • Prepared cross purchases for physician group practices.
  • Assisted a clinical laboratory with investigating and disclosing instances of noncompliance with the federal FCA, AKS, and Stark Law, using the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services self-disclosure protocols.
  • Represented a children’s health system in an employee lease negotiation with multiple physician groups, completing the drafting of the employee leasing agreements.
  • Advised durable medical equipment clients on licensure and operational requirements.

Languages

  • French

Presentations and Publications

  • Co-author, “California Agency Cracks Down on High-Cost Hospitals,” Health Care Law Today (May 6, 2025)
September 5, 2025 In the News

Foley Attorneys Contribute to American Health Law Association's Representing Physicians Handbook

Foley & Lardner LLP attorneys Jana Kolarik, Claire Marblestone, Illana Meyer, Sheridan Organ, and Kate Pamperin contributed to the Fifth Edition of the American Health Law Association's (AHLA) Representing Physician's Handbook.
September 5, 2025 In the News

Foley Attorneys Publish on Compliance Tips and Enforcement Trends for Hospital Price Transparency

Foley & Lardner LLP attorneys Alexandra Shalom, Madeline Knight, and Kate Pamperin authored the Compliance Today article, "Hospital Price Transparency is Here to Stay: Compliance Tips and Enforcement Trends."
July 1, 2025 Health Care Law Today

Gender-Affirming Care: What the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Skrmetti Means for Health Care Providers Nationwide

On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major decision in United States v. Skrmetti, allowing Tennessee’s ban on...
June 17, 2025 Health Care Law Today

Oregon’s New Corporate Practice of Medicine Restrictions: Five Takeaways for Digital Health and Telemedicine Companies

On June 9, 2025, Oregon’s governor signed SB 951 into law, making Oregon one of the most restrictive states in the country with respect...
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May 6, 2025 Blogs

California Agency Cracks Down on High-Cost Hospitals

California’s Office of Health Care Affordability is moving beyond broader policy-setting and into direct intervention at the provider level — a shift all hospitals and health systems across the state should take seriously.
November 22, 2024 In the News

Foley Attorneys Explore Upjohn Warnings in Health Care Compliance Investigations

Foley & Lardner LLP attorneys Mark Neuberger, Kate Pamperin, and Lawrence Vernaglia authored the article, "Whose Lawyer Is it Anyway: Understanding the Upjohn Warning in Health Care Compliance Investigations,"