Lara Bishop Walker
Counsel
Lara Bishop Walker began her career in nursing before transitioning into the practice of law. Her integrated legal and clinical background gives her a powerful dual perspective to address legal challenges that arise in the ever-evolving health care landscape.
Lara’s deep understanding of federal, state and insurance laws, including HIPAA, Anti-Kickback Statutes, Stark Law, and Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rules informs her counsel to doctors, nurses, hospitals and insurance companies. Lara is dedicated to helping health care clients identify potential risks in patient care and develop policies and procedures that improve patient safety. She provides innovative and practical solutions for those facing complex health care legal issues.
Lara is also experienced in drafting and negotiating health care contracts and advising clients on their terms and enforceability.
She defends doctors, nurses and mental health professionals facing medical malpractice suits. Lara is skilled in conducting depositions of medical professionals and advising in e-discovery related to medical matters.
Experience
- Leveraged clinical and legal expertise to successfully negotiate resolution of high-level and high dollar claim disputes between providers and healthcare payors.
- Represented health care companies in appeals before state insurance boards.
- Prepared policies and procedures for health care providers and their operational teams.
- Represented health care payors in arbitrations proceedings related to claim disputes with providers.
- Drafted proprietary payment policies for national health care payor.