Healthcare Partners Leslie Murphy and John Barnes join Davis Wright Tremaine

Former King & Spalding Healthcare partners Leslie Murphy and John Barnes have joined Davis Wright Tremaine in Sacramento. They join as partners in the firm’s Healthcare practice group. Leslie specializes in representing healthcare entities in managed care and healthcare-related disputes. She regularly serves as lead counsel on behalf of hospital systems and healthcare providers in managed care disputes with health plans, and counsels clients on complex medical billing, coding and reimbursement matters. John specializes in managed healthcare arrangements. John advises clients on the structuring of risk-based managed care contracts (including capitation and shared savings arrangements), as well as traditional fee-for-service arrangements. He also advises clients on contract terminations, network access disputes, and revenue cycle practices. He often works with healthcare providers and provider combinations in managed-care risk arrangements, helping them to develop efficient, legally compliant business and operational structures.