Whitney Phelps provides practical and strategic counsel, solutions and analysis for healthcare stakeholders of all kinds. She has particular expertise in managed care and value-based contracting, including with various alternative payment arrangements between providers and payers. Her experience includes advising on a broad range of complex healthcare transactions and regulatory matters relating to long-term care, home care, behavioral health, risk contracting and ambulatory services.
Whitney has deep capabilities negotiating complex joint ventures and other transactions, with special attention to New York regulatory compliance. Whitney also has extensive experience representing health care entities before the New York State Executive Branch, including with respect to shaping health care policy and Medicaid redesign, as well as laws and regulations impacting regulated healthcare entities in New York.
Whitney also served as Director of Managed Care and Associate Counsel at the Healthcare Association of New York State.
Education
-
State University of New York at Albany, B.A.
summa cum laude
- Albany Law School, J.D.
- Smith College,
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
- Massachusetts
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
Memberships
Primary Care Development Corporation (Board Member)
Awards & Recognition
Best Lawyers in America 2024
Chambers USA: New York: Healthcare 2024
The Legal 500 United States: Healthcare: Service Providers 2024
The Legal 500 United States: Tax: Not-for-Profit/Exempt Organizations 2024