Megan F. Beaver
Areas of Focus
Overview
Megan F. Beaver is a counsel at Crowell & Moring’s San Francisco office and a member of the firm’s Health Care Group. Her practice focuses on health care regulatory compliance, with a particular emphasis on mental health parity under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and related state laws. Megan advises national and regional health plans—including Medicare Advantage, commercial, and Medicaid health plans—on a range of regulatory compliance issues, including state licensure, provider contracting, and delegated entity compliance. She has significant experience supporting clients through Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) Office of Enforcement investigations and has assisted plans in obtaining licensure under California’s Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act. She also supports health care transactions advising clients on regulatory risks, due diligence, and compliance issues that arise in mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic deals.
Career & Education
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., honor title, 2013
- University of California, Davis, B.A., 2005
- California
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Member, California Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
Megan's Insights
Podcast | 10.15.26
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: The Legal Storm Around Gender-Affirming Care
Hosts Megan Beaver and Savanna Williams talk to Alice Hall-Partyka and Tai Williams about the rapidly evolving legal and regulatory landscape surrounding gender-affirming care. The conversation covers the federal Medicaid and CHIP rule that took effect October 13, 2026, which prohibits the use of federal matching funds for sex-rejecting procedures provided to minors, the varying state responses to that rule, and an ongoing legal challenge filed by Illinois and a coalition of states in the District of Massachusetts. The episode also addresses the Department of Justice’s wave of False Claims Act settlements with major hospital systems, FTC and state attorney general actions against medical professional societies, and key takeaways for health plans, providers, and their counsel navigating this shifting enforcement environment.
Client Alert | 6 min read | 06.11.26
CMS Announces New Medicaid Eligibility Requirements: Implications for Managed Care Plans
Client Alert | 5 min read | 03.06.26
Tri-Agencies Release Fourth Mental Health Parity Report to Congress
Representative Matters
- Defended California health care service plan in arbitration regarding payment of out-of-network services.
- Represented Medi-Cal county organized health system in state fair hearings before the California Department of Social Services.
- Represented Medi-Cal managed care plan in the California Superior Court on a writ of mandate related to the denial of Medi-Cal benefits.
- Defended California health care services plan in arbitration with a health care provider over application of contractual language related to claims editing and payment.
Megan's Insights
Podcast | 10.15.26
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: The Legal Storm Around Gender-Affirming Care
Hosts Megan Beaver and Savanna Williams talk to Alice Hall-Partyka and Tai Williams about the rapidly evolving legal and regulatory landscape surrounding gender-affirming care. The conversation covers the federal Medicaid and CHIP rule that took effect October 13, 2026, which prohibits the use of federal matching funds for sex-rejecting procedures provided to minors, the varying state responses to that rule, and an ongoing legal challenge filed by Illinois and a coalition of states in the District of Massachusetts. The episode also addresses the Department of Justice’s wave of False Claims Act settlements with major hospital systems, FTC and state attorney general actions against medical professional societies, and key takeaways for health plans, providers, and their counsel navigating this shifting enforcement environment.
Client Alert | 6 min read | 06.11.26
CMS Announces New Medicaid Eligibility Requirements: Implications for Managed Care Plans
Client Alert | 5 min read | 03.06.26
Tri-Agencies Release Fourth Mental Health Parity Report to Congress
Insights
HHS Aims to Strengthen Anti-Discrimination Rules for Disabled Patients in New Proposed Rule
|10.18.23
Crowell & Moring’s Health Law Blog
Megan's Insights
Podcast | 10.15.26
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: The Legal Storm Around Gender-Affirming Care
Hosts Megan Beaver and Savanna Williams talk to Alice Hall-Partyka and Tai Williams about the rapidly evolving legal and regulatory landscape surrounding gender-affirming care. The conversation covers the federal Medicaid and CHIP rule that took effect October 13, 2026, which prohibits the use of federal matching funds for sex-rejecting procedures provided to minors, the varying state responses to that rule, and an ongoing legal challenge filed by Illinois and a coalition of states in the District of Massachusetts. The episode also addresses the Department of Justice’s wave of False Claims Act settlements with major hospital systems, FTC and state attorney general actions against medical professional societies, and key takeaways for health plans, providers, and their counsel navigating this shifting enforcement environment.
Client Alert | 6 min read | 06.11.26
CMS Announces New Medicaid Eligibility Requirements: Implications for Managed Care Plans
Client Alert | 5 min read | 03.06.26
Tri-Agencies Release Fourth Mental Health Parity Report to Congress
