Carol K. Lucas focuses her practice on healthcare law and general business law. She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities, private placements, state and federal regulations, entity formation and corporate representation of both public and private companies in the healthcare industry. Over the last several years, Ms. Lucas has represented numerous clients in connection with issues and disputes related to payment for healthcare services. She is also an expert on the establishment and representation of Federally Qualified Health Centers and related issues such as governance requirements, issues raised by hospital sponsorship of FQHCs, application issues, and the impact of health care reform on these entities. She also specializes in the representation of ambulatory surgery centers, med spas, imaging centers, and other ancillary providers in a variety of medical specialties, and in the legal and business issues that confront independent practice associations and other physician organizations.

Bar Admissions

• California
• New York

Education

• NYU School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif
• University of Rochester, B.A., History and Film Studies, magna cum laude

• Sale of a hospitalist and intensivist practice to a public hospital-based medicine provider
• Sale of an emergency medicine group to a public hospital-based medicine provider
• Acquisition of a multi-site anesthesia practice based in Southern California
• Sale of a majority interest in a multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center to a national surgery center operator
• A closely held teleradiology company in its merger with a public teleradiology company.
• An IPA acquired by a large regional IPA.
• A number of non-profit community clinic operators applying for the Federal FQHC program.
• A laser surgery practice in its expansion through acquisition of additional practices.
• The California Association of Physician Groups in the formation of trade association, governance issues, and general health care matters.
• Numerous medical groups in corporate and compliance matters.
• An orthopedic group in the buyout of a hospital partner in a joint ambulatory surgery center.
• A major regional insurance brokerage in its sale to a significant financial institution.
• A national pharmacy benefits manager with respect to requirements of California Knox-Keene Act.
• A national medical laboratory company with California corporate practice of medicine issues.
• A national surgery center and surgical hospital developer in acquisition and syndication of facilities in California, Kansas, and Texas.

• California Supreme Court to Decide Balance Billing Issue
• Botox at the Mall? A Look at Medical Spas Under California Law
• Involuntary Dissolution: The Nuclear Option
• Contracts, The Business of Plastic Surgery
• How 2010 Healthcare Legislation Impacts Employers
• California Tightens Accreditation Requirements for Surgery Centers
• California Tightens Restrictions on Referrals of Workers’ Compensation Patients
• California Authorizes Pharmacy Licenses for Ambulatory Surgery Centers
• How the Affordable Care Act Impacts Employers
• To Penalize or Not To Penalize: When Are Covenants Not To Compete Enforceable in California?
• California’s Corporate Practice Ban: Still Vibrant After All These Years
• AB 1000 and Corporate Practice in California: More than Meets the Eye-or Less?
• Children’s Hospital v. Blue Cross: The End of Contracting or Just the End of Gouging?
• Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! The Unexpected Laws that May Affect Your Telehealth Business
• New ASC Requirements Coming in 2016
• Aetna vs. BASM: Pigs Get Fat and Hogs Get Slaughtered
• California Clamps Down On Surprise Out-Of-Network Bills
• Are You Ready for AB 72?
• Healthcare Client Alert: California Supreme Court’s Dynamex Decision Alters Independent Contractor Landscape
• DYNAMEX UPDATE: Are There Still Independent Contractors in California?
• Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Hastening Telehealth Provision of Medical Services Across State Lines
• Corporate Practice of Medicine on Steroids
• Traps For The Unwary Telehealth Provider
• California Healthcare Transactions Will Soon Hit a Speed Bump
• Carol Lucas, Guest Speaker on KFWB's Money 101
• Carol Lucas, Panelist at the Society for Vascular Surgery
• Carol Lucas speaking at Physicians and Physician Organizations Law Institute
• Carol Lucas and David Kozak to address CA Fashion Association
• Carol Lucas is speaking at Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute
• Carol Lucas to Speak at the California Ambulatory Surgery Association's Annual Conference
• Carol Lucas, Speaker at the American Health Lawyers Association
• Carol Lucas, Speaker at the CAPG Annual Healthcare Conference
• Carol Lucas, Speaker at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand
• Carol Lucas, Speaker at the Connect.Communicate.Care Conference
• Carol Lucas, Presenter of Strafford Webinar
• Terese A. Mosher Beluris and Carol K. Lucas, Presenters at the 21st Annual Healthcare Law Compliance Symposium
• Pincus Webinar: Understanding the Legal Impact of Covid-19 as it Affects Your Clients, Your Life and Your Business
• Buchalter Webcast: Understanding and Not Fearing Covid 19 As It Affects Your Life and Business