Of COUNSEL

Kathleen L. DeBruhl

Mandeville, LA

Licensed in 2 States

About Kathleen

Kathleen L. DeBruhl is Board Certified in Health Law by the Louisiana State Specialty Bar. Ms. DeBruhl’s practice focuses on the representation of healthcare providers, and in particular, physicians and their legal issues. Ms. DeBruhl’s multi-state clients include healthcare providers, specialty hospitals, medical staffs, ambulatory surgery centers, durable medical equipment providers, imaging facilities, and laboratories, and pharmacies. She is admitted in Louisiana and New York, and all Federal Courts in Louisiana. Ms. DeBruhl is particularly experienced in providing strategic planning and advice to healthcare clients to build and develop healthcare projects, including organization of healthcare entities, joint ventures, construction, financing, management structures and investor syndication. She has developed integrated delivery systems, including ACO’s, physician specialty hospitals, and has facilitated the complex mergers and acquisitions of providers. Her healthcare practice and expertise also spans both state and federal regulatory issues, including Medicare fraud and abuse enforcement and compliance issues, state fraud and abuse matters, insurance industry fraud and compliance, and federal Qui Tam (“Whistleblower”) defense. Ms. DeBruhl also serves as outside counsel to the Faculty Group Practice Plans to the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. Ms. DeBruhl was the initial counsel to organize the faculty group practices and obtained its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt designation. Ms. DeBruhl has also served as special counsel to other academic medical centers. Ms. DeBruhl has contributed her expertise as a co-author of national publications regarding the legal representation of physicians and speaks at regional and national seminars and conferences for both legal and healthcare associations. She is rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell® and since 2009 has been recognized as a Top Lawyer in Healthcare in the New Orleans Area by New Orleans Magazine.