Chiaruttini, Alexandra C.

With more than 15 years experience as a health care lawyer, Cathy Ehrgott focuses her practice on helping companies in the health care industry complete significant transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations, private placements, and asset and stock purchases and sales. She represents hospitals and health systems, academic medical centers, insurance and managed care companies, and other industry clients.

Cathy has considerable experience negotiating health care-related commercial agreements, including consulting, physician employment, physician recruitment, PBM, and pharmacy rebate agreements. In the managed care industry, she has structured and negotiated operational agreements such as payor, ASO, PHO, and vendor agreements, as well as professional, ancillary, and facility provider agreements. She also advises clients regarding general health law issues, including licensure and fraud and abuse.

Representative matters include: Loma Linda University Medical Center's investment in a new physician-owned acute care hospital and an ASC joint venture; St. Mary's Preferred Health Insurance Company's development of a statewide provider network joint venture; Banner Health's acquisition by merger of Arizona Medical Clinic; and Capital BlueCross' corporate reorganization, development of a professional network, HMO acquisition, negotiation of vendor and PBM relationships, and provider contracting strategy.

Cathy is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the California Society of Health Lawyers. She serves on the Executive Committee of the State Bar Business Law Section (secretary, 2008-2009) and is its liaison to the State Bar Health Law Committee where she has previously served in various leadership positions (co-chairperson, 2003-2004 and vice chairperson, 2004-2005).