Karen Harris
Partner at Arnstein & Lehr
Chicago, Illinois
Karen Harris is a partner in the Chicago office of Arnstein & Lehr LLP and a member of the firm’s Health Care Practice Group. Karen joins the firm from several prominent Chicago law firms and also served as regional general counsel at Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc. She earned departmental honors at Princeton University and received a Doctor of Law degree from Harvard Law School.
Karen’s practice focuses on transactional and regulatory health care law on behalf of all types of health care providers and entities, including, hospital systems, physicians, IPAs, ambulatory surgical centers and other health care professionals, managed care companies, pharmaceutical companies, and HMOs. Her practice includes experience in drafting physician employment agreements, asset and stock purchase agreements, management services agreements and other contracts, as well as advising clients on healthcare regulatory issues, such as corporate practice of medicine, Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse, Stark, HIPAA, fee-splitting, antitrust, certificate of need, national practitioner data bank and patient rights, health care compliance programs, and reproductive law. She is also an expert in states’ medical marijuana laws and has assisted clients in obtaining licensure, as well as advising on compliance issues.
Karen’s practice focuses on transactional and regulatory health care law on behalf of all types of health care providers and entities, including, hospital systems, physicians, IPAs, ambulatory surgical centers and other health care professionals, managed care companies, pharmaceutical companies, and HMOs. Her practice includes experience in drafting physician employment agreements, asset and stock purchase agreements, management services agreements and other contracts, as well as advising clients on healthcare regulatory issues, such as corporate practice of medicine, Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse, Stark, HIPAA, fee-splitting, antitrust, certificate of need, national practitioner data bank and patient rights, health care compliance programs, and reproductive law. She is also an expert in states’ medical marijuana laws and has assisted clients in obtaining licensure, as well as advising on compliance issues.
