Sara M. Cooperrider

Sara focuses her practice on transactional, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and reimbursement work for health care providers.  She also counsels other health and life science clients, including research organizations and manufacturers of regulated medical products pertaining to clinical study arrangements. Sara has significant experience in matters pertaining to telehealth, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, Public Health Service Act (FQHCs and 340B) and HIPAA, as amended.

Sara completed her Juris Doctor and Master of Public Health in health policy at George Washington University. While in law school, Sara worked at the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Office of General Counsel and also at the Milken Institute’s Center for Health Policy Research in Washington, D.C. Upon graduation, Sara received the American Bar Association/Bureau of National Affairs’ Award for Excellence in Health Law.

• Speaker “Setting Up and Implementing Successful Value-Based Care Arrangements within the Stark and AKS Safe Harbors,” American Health Lawyers Association Institute on Medicare and Medicaid (Mar. 2023).
• Speaker, “Advancing Accountability and Equity Through Payment and Care Delivery,” American Health Lawyers Association Institute on Medicare and Medicaid (Mar. 2022).
• Speaker, “Advancing Accountability and Equity Through Payment and Care Delivery,” American Health Lawyers Association Academic Medical Center Conference (Feb. 2022).
• Speaker, “Telehealth in the Time of COVID and Beyond,” Cincinnati Bar Association’s Annual Health Care Seminar (Dec. 2020).
• Moderator, “Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth,” Telehealth Law & Policy Forum, Northwestern University Memorial Hospital (Sept. 2019).
• Speaker, “Innovation in a Nutshell: Key Recent CMS Payment Initiatives, Where They Came From, and What You Should Know,” American Health Lawyers Association Institute on Medicare and Medicaid (Mar. 2019).
• Speaker, “Innovation and Reimbursement: Chronic Care Management and Remote Patient Monitoring,” Cincinnati Bar Association’s Annual Health Care Seminar (Dec. 2018).
• Speaker, “Health Care Law: New Developments and Trends in Telehealth and Telemedicine,” National Telehealth Conference, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing (Mar. 2016)
• Speaker, “A Brave New World: Value Based Payment & Population Health,” Cincinnati Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Health Care Seminar (Dec. 2015).
• Speaker, “Insights on Legal Requirements of Nonprofits, Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers,” Cincinnati Bar Association (Sept. 2015).
• Speaker, “Telehealth Legal & Policy Challenges,” National Telehealth Conference, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing (Mar. 2014).