PRESS RELEASE: Health Law Strategists Welcomes New Partner, Rachel L. King, Former Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Chief Compliance Officer
ATLANTA – Health Law Strategists (HLS), a female-founded boutique health law firm that intersects complex healthcare law with innovative strategy, is pleased to welcome Rachel L. King as their newest Partner. With more than a decade of comprehensive experience in healthcare policy, law, and compliance, Rachel brings key expertise to the HLS team. Immediately prior to joining HLS, Rachel served as the Chief Compliance Officer at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s). Prior to her role at Children’s, Rachel served as the General Counsel for the Georgia Department of Community Health , where she provided advice and counsel on matters including proposed legislation, Medicaid administration, health benefit planning, facility licensure, and health planning.
“HLS is thrilled to have Rachel King join our legal team,” said HLS Founding Party, Kathy Butler Polvino. “As counsel and a strategic leader to some of Georgia’s largest public and private healthcare organizations, Rachel will serve as an invaluable resource to our firm’s clients. Rachel brings an additional dimension to our capabilities, scope, and ability to provide innovative legal solutions to healthcare clients.”
“I am excited to bring my regulatory and compliance experience to Health Law Strategists as we positively reframe how clients think about engaging with their legal counsel,” said Rachel. “HLS has assembled an exceptional group of female attorneys with a commitment to shaping the future of healthcare by combining their deep understanding of the healthcare legal landscape with visibility as to where the market is headed. I look forward to adding to the collective expertise of the HLS team and working with our clients to move healthcare forward."
Rachel's prior experience includes several key leadership roles, including General Counsel for both the Georgia Department of Community Health and the Georgia Department of Human Services and, most recently, Chief Compliance Officer of CHOA, the Southeast's largest pediatric hospital system. Her proficiency in navigating the intricate legal landscape of the healthcare industry uniquely positions her to counsel clients on an array of legal, regulatory, and operational matters.
As General Counsel of the Georgia Department of Community Health, Rachel provided advice and counsel on a spectrum of healthcare legislation, policies, and regulations. Her area of expertise includes matters such as Medicaid, state health benefit plans, pharmacy services, fraud prevention, health planning, facility licensure, and emergency management. Rachel collaborated closely with state agencies and the Attorney General's office, contributing to the successful closure of critical litigation matters, negotiations, and legal strategies.
During her tenure as Executive Director of the Department's Division of Health Planning, Rachel led the administration and operation of the state Certificate of Need (CON) program. She provided crucial input on proposed legislation and administrative rules, reviewed CON decisions, determined policy, and engaged with healthcare providers, suppliers, and legal representatives regarding regulatory compliance.
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About Health Law Strategists
In May of 2023, Health Law Strategists, LLC (HLS) was launched, with Kathy Butler Polvino, Laurice Rutledge Lambert and Jennifer P. Whitton joining together to establish a female-founded, boutique health law firm that seeks to empower healthcare providers, healthcare entrepreneurs, digital health companies, and their leaders and investors to innovate and move healthcare forward by guiding them through an ever-changing regulatory landscape and helping them get to yes. This people-centered, legal and strategy firm comprises a team with more than 90 years of collective health law and strategic planning and growth experience. HLS’ goal is to be the go-to strategic health law thought partners for current and future healthcare leaders who are reshaping the delivery of healthcare services for patients. For more information, please visit www.healthlawstrategists.com.