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Kathleen P. Rubinstein is a policy analyst who works collaboratively with the Healthcare Industry Team on a broad range of government policy issues. She brings considerable experience and a strong working knowledge of healthcare organizations, service delivery arrangements and third-party payment systems to her policy analyst role. Her primary focus is on analyzing, evaluating and reporting on government policy issues, regulatory developments and healthcare industry trends.

Ms. Rubinstein’s experience includes monitoring current and emerging legislative and regulatory proposals; analyzing and evaluating healthcare policy initiatives; interacting with the Healthcare Industry Team on healthcare-related issues; participating in governmental policy and regulatory interactions at the state and federal levels; engaging in research and analysis of policy issues and producing legislative and policy updates, briefings, issue briefs, presentations and publications.

Ms. Rubinstein writes extensively on healthcare issues and frequently collaborates with the Healthcare Industry Team on presentations and publications of topical interest. Articles Ms. Rubinstein has written or co-authored have appeared in Health Law360, the Texas Bar Journal, the Houston Business Journal and Lexology, as well as in Martindale-Hubbell's Legal Library of industry insights from law firms and the American Health Lawyers Association website on Health Reform Legal Essentials. Some of these include: “A Health Reform Workaround,” Health Law360 (2010); “New Fraud Deterrence Legislation—Reform Deja Vu + More,” Lexology (2010); “Cost and Coverage Conundrums in Healthcare Reform,” Gulf Coast Lines, Healthcare Financial Management Association (2009); “Healthcare Coverage in a Post Reform World,” Lexology (2009); “Health Insurance—Is There Any Relief in Sight for the Increasing Number of Uninsured Texans?” Houston Business Journal (2007); “Health Industry Confronting Crisis of the Uninsured,” Houston Business Journal (2006); “Medicare,” Fundamentals of Health Law, 2nd and 3rd editions, American Health Lawyers Association (2004, 2000); “Health Law 2001,” Texas Bar Journal (2001); “Providers Adrift in a Sea of Uncertainty,” Health Law Handbook (2000); “Fraud and Abuse,” Health Care Consulting (2000, 1999, 1998). In 2007, she became editor of the Baker Hostetler Health Law Update.

Ms. Rubinstein is an instructor at the University of Houston where she teaches a graduate seminar on healthcare policy (2002 to present). She was named to the list of outstanding graduates by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration and to the Cambridge Registry of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs. Ms. Rubinstein is a member of the American Hospital Association, the American Health Lawyers Association and the University of Houston MPA Program Alumni Network.