Overview
Katarina Vickovic advises businesses on risk management strategy, alternative risk financing, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance, with a practice that spans captive insurance, healthcare operations, and clinical research.
She counsels clients on the formation and governance of captive insurance companies across various domiciles, including drafting governance documents, preparing corporate filings, and ensuring regulatory compliance for healthcare captives and their owners. Katarina also provides strategic guidance on captive structures, insurance policy provisions and changes of ownership.
Leveraging her healthcare knowledge, Katarina also supports clients with mergers, acquisitions, and sales transactions, conducting thorough due diligence and navigating complex compliance issues, including HIPAA, fraud and abuse matters, and state fee-splitting statutes. She regularly assists with state licensure, accreditation, and permits, and frequently engages with state regulators to resolve licensing matters.
In the clinical research space, Katarina advises clinical trial sponsors in the review and negotiation of study agreements involving institutions, investigators, facilities, and other stakeholders. Her work ensures that clinical research arrangements comply with healthcare fraud and abuse laws, regulatory requirements, and contractual obligations.
Services
Practice Areas
Experience
Representative Matters
- Assisted in the formation of captive insurance companies for various health systems in domiciles such as Cayman, Vermont, and Texas
- Developing a comprehensive understanding of liability issues arising from sexual abuse and molestation claims, as well as emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, and evaluating strategic options for coverage and risk mitigation.
- Assisted in the sale of remote pharmacy and durable medical equipment company, requiring a 50 state analysis of change of ownership rules and regulations
- Assisted in the acquisition of several billing and revenue companies for a leading medical and dental billing and revenue cycle management company
- Assisted clinical trial sponsor in nondisclosure agreement and clinical trial agreement negotiations with over a dozen facilities, including informed consent form, budget and website reviews
Prior Experience
- Honigman LLP, Law Clerk, 2021
- Cooper & Riesterer, PLC, Law Clerk, 2021
- Michigan Medicine, Office of the General Counsel, Law Clerk, 2020
Additional Languages
- Croatian
Credentials
Education
- Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Executive Editor
- Psychology, Political Science
- magna cum laude
Admissions
- Michigan
Recognition
Awards
Michigan Super Lawyers, Recognized as a Rising Star, 2025
Professional & Community Involvement
- State Bar of Michigan
- Health Care Law Section
- New Lawyers and Law Student Committee
- Member, 2022-Present
- New Lawyers and Law Student Committee
- Health Care Law Section
- American Health Law Association
- Member, 2022-Present