Rachel Carey

Her practice is particularly focused on the development and operation of ambulatory surgery centers, certificate of need applications, and value-based care arrangements. She also advises clients in emerging areas such as artificial intelligence in healthcare, palliative care, and the creation of new physician residency and anesthesia assistant programs.

Rachel’s deep knowledge of the corporate practice of medicine, Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, EMTALA, HIPAA, and state-specific fee-splitting laws enables her to structure transactions that are both compliant and commercially strategic. She also regularly counsels on Friendly PC model transactions and provides ongoing regulatory support for private equity investments in the healthcare sector. Her transactional work is informed by a nuanced understanding of payer-provider dynamics, sharpened by her previous roles at Anthem and other managed care organizations.

Her regulatory experience also includes drafting and implementing life-sustaining treatment policies, graduate medical education regulations, and telehealth protocols, including those developed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rachel serves as general counsel to a continuing care retirement community and has led multiple private equity buyouts of an ophthalmology groups. She is actively involved in legislative and policy efforts, including recent advocacy on behalf of the Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists.

She earned a J.D. from Barry University’s Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Virginia.