Claire Marblestone

Practice Areas

Corporate, Health Care, Health Care Transactions

Career

Claire Marblestone’s practice focuses on transactional and health care regulatory matters, with an emphasis on data privacy, corporate practice of medicine, health care mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. She advises hospitals, health systems, physician groups, digital health providers, and health care businesses on a range of regulatory and compliance issues. Claire also provides regulatory and transactional counsel to companies specializing in women’s health care.

Claire provides transactional counsel to health care organizations, hospitals, physician groups, and other health care providers. She has drafted and negotiated documents relating to hospital acquisitions, joint ventures, health care provider mergers, service agreements, professional services arrangements, and management agreements. She conducts health regulatory due diligence and advises on health care company acquisitions and investments.

Claire works with clients on state licensure regulatory compliance issues, as well as compliance with Medicare and Medicaid rules and regulations. She has extensive experience assisting digital health clients with complex health care privacy compliance issues and advising on potential fraud and abuse concerns. Claire also provides regulatory advice to health plans and risk bearing organizations on compliance with various state and federal health insurance laws and regulations, including the Knox-Keene Act.

Claire is a member of the Health Care Transactional and Health Care Regulatory Practice Groups and a member of the Health Care & Life Sciences Sector.

Professional Memberships

Member of Healthcare Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member of California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, Member of American Health Lawyers Association, Los Angeles Office Representative on Foley’s National Women’s Network

Experience

Represented a California regional health care system in the acquisition of several physician practices.

Advised multiple health care providers on reproductive health care compliance issues.

Represented a California hospital on joint venture with an orthopedic hospital.

Represented a California county in the acquisition of a rural medical practice.

Represented a multistate women’s health care practice on several joint venture affiliations with regional health systems.

Assisted a national digital health provider with the restructuring of its virtual care service line.

Advised multiple providers and hospital system clients in connection with physician alignment models and strategies, including leasing, professional services, and employment arrangements.

Negotiated physician and provider employment agreements on behalf of a multispecialty physician group.

Counseled health care providers on general corporate and regulatory compliance matters, including California licensure compliance, professional scope of practice issues, and marketing compliance.

Assisted hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers which establishing concierge medical practices.

Advised a California nonprofit hospital system on licensing and change of ownership issues in connection with management arrangement with a strategic buyer.

Represented a California county in the creation of a public hospital authority and transition of ownership of the public hospital from the county to the hospital authority.

Represented the selling shareholders of a Medi-Cal managed care plan in the sale of the plan.

Negotiates business associate agreements for covered entities, business associates, and subcontractors.

Assists clients in responding to HIPAA data breaches and security incidents.

Advises on data privacy issues, including compliance with HIPAA, 42 C.F.R Part 2, and state privacy laws such as California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.

Education