Kathleen Swanson

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Kathleen served as an attorney-advisor for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the General Counsel. In this capacity, she advised Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services teams on matters involving the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, HIPAA, and data privacy, among other issues.

During law school at the University of Maryland, Kathleen received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Torts and Criminal Law. She also served as co-president of the Student Health Law Organization and as notes and comments editor of the Journal of Health Care Law and Policy.