Carla DewBerry practices in the areas of health care law; mergers and acquisitions; and federal, state and local tax. Ms. DewBerry represents health care clients in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement matters, including related audits and litigation. In addition, she is an experienced tax and business counselor and represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, joint venture operations, licensing, and federal and state taxation matters. She provides counsel for clients outside the health care industry as well.
Ms. DewBerry's experience includes working as a practicing CPA at a large accounting firm where she was part of a firmwide health care group. She brings to her law practice a practical, in-depth understanding of how financial information is generated, stored and retrieved in the health care industry. This understanding is especially helpful in Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement matters.
Ms. DewBerry's experience includes working as a practicing CPA at a large accounting firm where she was part of a firmwide health care group. She brings to her law practice a practical, in-depth understanding of how financial information is generated, stored and retrieved in the health care industry. This understanding is especially helpful in Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement matters.
Contact & Links
- Direct Phone Number: 206-464-3939
- Phone Number: 206-464-3939
- Lawyer Page: https://www.klgates.com/Carla-M-DewBerry
Location
- 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, WA 98104
Demographics
- Ethnicity: Black or African American
Education
- University of California Berkeley, graduated 1980
Bar Admissions
- California, The State Bar of California
- Washington, Washington State Bar Association
K&L Gates LLP
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
- Health Care Law
Special Focus:
- Administrative
- Corporate
- Fraud and Abuse
- Hospitals
- Medicare
- Physicians
- Reimbursement
- Tax
Cases
Whidbey General Hospital vs. State of Washington Department of Revenue
Established that payments under the CHAMPUS program are not payments under an employee benefit plan for purposes of the Washington State business and occupations tax.
Capital Medical Center et. al v. Department of Social and Health Services
Successfully represented 26 hospitals in litigation against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services in challenging the calculation of disproportionate hospital share payments (“DSH”) under the Medically Indigent (“MI”) program .
Transactions
Transfer of nursing facility in crisis to non-profit entity
The goal of this project was to preserve community access to a nursing facility that was in crisis. The facility served a large Medicaid population Through collaborative efforts of federal, state and local government, the facility was purchased by the non-profit entity and has since been recognized as a high quality center which continues to serve its community. Completion of the project required lawyering as to HUD loans, bankruptcy, commercial lending, facility licensing, Medicaid enrollment and CHOWs, and state lending of credit issues.
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