LEXINGTON, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC welcomes attorney Shea Luna to the firm’s Lexington, Ky., office. She joins the Health Care Service Group as Counsel. Her practice focuses on data privacy and security, telehealth, state and federal healthcare regulatory compliance, licensing and certificates of need, reimbursement and billing, and hospital and ambulatory operations.

“We are thrilled to have Shea join our health care practice at Stites & Harbison,” stated K. Kelly White Bryant, Co-Chair of the firm’s Health Care Service Group. “Her prior experience as in-house counsel for a hospital combined with her proficiency in data privacy, regulatory compliance, medical staff and billing issues, telehealth and licensing will greatly benefit our clients.”

Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Luna was Associate General Counsel for Health Affairs at the University of Kentucky (UK) for eight years. She also worked for the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services where she represented the Department for Public Health and Department for Medicaid Services.

Luna received her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Tennessee College of Law, and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University.