Beth Kase
Beth Kase is an experienced transactional lawyer with over 25 years of experience. She joined Fenton Nelson in 2010 after 19 years as an associate and then partner in the firm of Saphier and Heller (1991-2010). She received her law degree from the Law Center of the University of Southern California (J.D. 1983), where she received the Law Center's prestigious Shattuck Award in recognition of outstanding contributions, including public service and legal scholarship, by law students. She received her B.A. degree from Tufts University (magna cum laude).
Beth has represented physicians and numerous other healthcare providers in a variety of healthcare business and regulatory matters, including Stark and fraud and abuse regulatory matters, hospital and ambulatory care matters, physician partnerships and joint ventures, business acquisitions, contract matters, licensing, Medicare and Medi-Cal reimbursement and various billing matters,
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Beth has been a speaker to numerous physician and other healthcare provider groups on various issues including Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) under healthcare reform, Stark II, physician group formation and employment contracts, reimbursement issues, silent PPOs, and the new workers’ compensation medical provider networks. She recently spoke to the Nonprofits and Unincorporated Organizations Committee of the State Bar of California regarding joint ventures between nonprofit entities and for profit entities.
Beth is the outgoing Chair of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) Healthcare Law Section. Beth co-organized the first annual Los Angeles County Medical Association(LACMA)/LACBA Healthcare Law Section program held March 2010, which focused on legal risk issues confronting physicians and medical groups.She is co-chair and moderator of the second annual LACMA/LACBA Healthcare Law Section program to be held March 10, 2011, which focuses on ACOs under healthcare reform. She has chaired, moderated and/or co-organized LACBA Healthcare Law Section programs on healthcare business bankruptcies (April 2009), managed care contracting issues (March 2008), non-compete issues affecting healthcare businesses (March 2007), physician employment issues (February 2005), and on the new medical provider networks in the workers’ compensation system (November 2004).
Beth served on the Nonprofit and Unincorporated Organizations Committee of the State Bar of California in 2007-2008.
