Elizabeth “Lisa” Pretus is a Health Law Specialist certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization and a seasoned healthcare transactional, regulatory, and business lawyer. She represents physician practices, hospitals and health systems, healthcare startups, and other providers in a variety of transactional and compliance matters.
With over 20 years of experience, including nearly ten years in-house with a large regional health system, Ms. Pretus’ clients look to her for strategic and practical guidance on a wide range of matters including Stark Law, federal and state Anti-Kickback laws, HIPAA, telehealth, clinical research, ancillary services, physician recruitment, joint ventures, clinical integration, compliance programs, policy development, and corporate governance. She also has extensive experience helping clients acquire, optimize, and leverage electronic health records and integrated technologies, and navigate the legal and regulatory issues related to those systems and the data they contain.
As a health care mergers & acquisitions attorney with experience in health care business integration, she frequently collaborates with her clients to design deals, alignment models, and transition plans that help her clients achieve their short, and long-term strategic goals while complying with applicable healthcare laws. She works extensively with physicians and providers on health care business transactions, entity formation, negotiating and drafting employment, joint venture, medical director, recruitment, and other agreements that comply with federal and state healthcare regulations.
“I have found Lisa Pretus to be outstanding among peers in terms of ability to work well with others, knowledge and integrity. I give her my highest recommendation.”
“Lisa is possibly one of the most informed professionals to work with. She is of the highest ethical standards and a true pleasure to kn0w. I highly recommend she recieve the top peer standing as [she] is an outstanding attorney.”
“Lisa is an extremely hard-working attorney who also has a good appreciation of the business environment of her clients.”
“I have known Lisa personally and professionally for almost fifteen years now, and in that time I have observed her development into an incredibly skilled and ethical practitioner. She is a consummate professional and approaches her work with diligence, enthusiasm, and care. Any practice would benefit from having her as a part of it, and I would be honored to work with her in any capacity.”
“Smart, personable, hard worker.”
Practice Areas
Speaking Engagements & Presentations
“My Provider Client Wants to Become an IT Vendor: Now What?” AHLA Physicians & Hospitals Law Institute, San Antonio, TX (Feb. 4-6, 2019)
Publications
Professional Associations, Honors and Activities
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Health Law Section
- Health Law Advisory Commission to the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization
- Louisiana Hospital Association
- American Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Women’s Healthcare Executive Network
- Martindale AV Preeminent Rated
Bar Admissions and Education
Texas
Admitted in 2018
Louisiana
Admitted in 2003
Paul M. Hebert School of Law, Louisiana State University, J.D., 2003
The University of Texas at Austin, B.A. with Special Honors in Economics, 1999
Lafayette
1042 Camellia Boulevard
Suite 2
Lafayette, LA 70508
337-233-6210
Fax: 337-233-6215
New Orleans
909 Poydras Street
Suite 2600
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-561-1044
Fax: 504-561-8606