Laura helps clients across the health care industry, including hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, and assisted living communities, address business needs in a complex and multifaceted regulatory environment.
Overview
As chair of the Healthcare and Insurance Division, Laura's firm grasp of health law and key health care legislation, along with her ability to identify creative solutions, make her a trusted resource for her clients.
Laura counsels clients on complex transactions, mergers and acquisitions, professional and facility licensing matters, governance, medical staff matters, nonprofit organization and tax exemption matters, patient care legal issues and clinical trial regulations. Laura has a particular understanding of issues unique to rural health care providers, including critical access hospital regulations and exceptions to fraud and abuse laws specific to rural areas, as well as in public hospitals, including the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act and Open Meeting Law.
Prior to joining Stinson, Laura served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Lorie Skjerven Gildea, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Experience
- Laura has extensive experience assisting clients with the requirements of the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) and other significant regulations.
- Experienced in complex health care transactions, Laura represented a Minnesota hospital district in conversion to a nonprofit hospital organization and has represented several critical access hospitals in affiliations with larger health systems.
- Laura has counseled physicians in the formation of professional firms and the negotiation of professional services agreements.
- Skillfully navigating regulatory requirements and business needs, Laura has advised hospitals and health plans on obtaining and maintaining tax exempt status and structuring supporting organizations to achieve business objectives.
- Laura has represented health care professionals in more than 30 complaints before professional licensing boards in Minnesota.
- Experienced in hospital-medical staff relationships, Laura has advised hospitals on medical staff bylaws, credentialing, corrective action and fair hearing matters.
News & Insights
News
Publications
Featured, "Called to Serve," SCAN, the Magazine of St. Catherine University, June 2014
Speaking Engagements
"Charity Care," Northwestern University, December 2022
"Medical Facility and Practitioner Licensing – The Fundamentals Plus Special Telehealth Issues," Minnesota Health Law Institute, June 2022
"Addressing Substance Use Disorder in Healthcare Professionals," Minnesota State Bar Association Health Law Section, December 2021
"Telemedicine: Regulatory Framework and Trends," Medical Professional Liability Association Corporate Counsel Workshop, October 2021
"Telemedicine 1 – Navigating the Legal Challenges of Licensing, Scope of Practice, and Standard of Care," Minnesota Health Law Institute, June 2021
"Avoid Regulatory Road Rage: Understanding the Local Transportation Safe Harbor to the Anti-Kickback Statute," Minnesota Coalition on Cancer Network, July 2019
"Hot Topics for Medical Staff Leaders and their Counsel," Minnesota Health Law Institute, June 2019
Recognitions
Recognitions
Recognized on Minnesota Lawyer's Minnesota Legal 250, Health Care, 2026
Top Women in Law, Minnesota Lawyer, 2024
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® list, 2024-2027
Minnesota Lawyer Up & Coming Attorney, 2021
Professional & Civic Activities
Professional & Civic Activities
Minnesota State Bar Association, Health Law Section Governing Council
St. Catherine University, Board of Trustees
American Health Lawyers Association
Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society
Past Board Member: Minnesota Justice Foundation, Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation, Gilda's Club Twin Cities
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Minnesota
Education
University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2012
- Order of the Coif
- Law School Public Service Program
St. Catherine University, B.A., Mathematics and History, Political Science minor, summa cum laude, 2009
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Antonian Scholar Honors Graduate
Clerkships
- Honorable Lorie Skjerven Gildea, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
