Kate O'Brien

Experience

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  Illinois Commerce Commission

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  Legal and Policy Assistant
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  Foley & Lardner LLP

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2008

  Attorney

  Regulatory attorney with an expertise in energy and healthcare issues

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  Barnes & Thornburg LLP

  Sept 2008 - Dec 2010

  Attorney

  Associate attorney responsible for corporate and regulatory healthcare matters.

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  Abbott Laboratories

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Counsel - Pharmaceutical Products Legal Operation

  Provide legal counsel for pharmaceutical research and development activites including discovery, pre-clinical, and clinical development. Advise on complex regulatory and commercial issues. Negotiate commercial contracts to support activites related to Phase I through Phase IV clinical trials. Advise cross-functional teams on issues including publications, interactions with healthcare providers, privacy, informed consent, fraud and abuse and regulatory compliance.

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  AbbVie

  Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Counsel - Pharmaceutical Products Legal Operation

  AbbVie was divested from Abbott

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  TransUnion

  Jun 2013 - Dec 2021

  Served as key member of executive team responsible for sale and divestiture of TransUnion Healthcare, Inc. to nThrive, Inc., backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., for $1.7B. Acquired and integrated 5 healthcare companies over 8-year period, while increasing business unit revenue. Drove actionable guidance for all legal matters, including for complex partnerships, product development and enhancement, data analytics, machine learning, commercial transactions, data use, privacy matters, SaaS, emerging policy issues, intellectual property portfolio, marketing, risk mitigation, model development, litigation, and cloud technology. • Advised senior executives on strategic business initiatives, including creation of social determinants of health scores for payers and providers, leveraging financial and commercial data.• Built, led, and mentored team of attorneys and non-attorneys responsible for negotiating sales, vendor, and business unit contracts, analyzing product initiatives, and providing cross functional counsel on healthcare related matters.• Managed compliance, privacy, information security and legal matters in complex, matrixed environment, while driving consensus among leadership and stakeholders.• Developed and implemented method for tracking and reporting on volume and complexity of commercial contracts to drive more informed resourcing and hiring decisions. Show less

  • General Counsel & Vice President - TransUnion Healthcare

    Feb 2019 - Dec 2021

  • General Counsel & Senior Director - TransUnion Healthcare

    Mar 2016 - Feb 2019

  • General Counsel & Director - TransUnion Healthcare

    Mar 2015 - Mar 2016

  • General Counsel & Senior Attorney - TransUnion Healthcare

    Jun 2013 - Mar 2015
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  Capta Health Partners

  Nov 2022 - now

  Chief Legal Officer

  At Capta Health Partners we provide next-level consulting expertise and engagement to help our client health systems maximize their financial performance.