Current Employment
Karen George is an attorney at Buchalter and is a member of the firm’s Health Care Practice group. Karen specializes in managed care contracting and routinely represents health care providers in a wide range of disputes involving reimbursement of health care services. Karen regularly advises clients regarding the oversight and compliance requirements unique to contracting, reimbursement, overpayments, telehealth, and other various legal issues as they arise. She also advises management on how to successfully navigate a complex regulatory environment to take advantage of business opportunities while minimizing risk.
Previous Experience
Karen has extensive experience representing health care providers. Karen has represented providers in breach of contract actions for recovery of underpaid claims for health care services, addressing issues related to medical necessity, coding, authorization, delegation, among others. These matters have resulted in significant financial recoveries. She has also successfully defended health care providers in class action disputes, unfair competition allegations, fraud and abuse disputes, and government investigations.
Education
Karen received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and earned her B.A. in Psychology and Social Behavior, and Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine.
WHA Participation
Karen has been a member of WHA since 2019 and has served on the board since 2023.