About Heather M. Claus

Heather M. Claus is a health care attorney with broad experience navigating the dynamic legal and regulatory health care landscape. She is well-versed in pertinent federal and state laws, including HIPAA, False Claims, ERISA, Knox-Keene, Stark, Anti-Kickback, the California Consumer Privacy Act, Public Records, and the Brown Act. Her practice focuses on assisting private and public health care payors, providers, and facilities with regulatory and compliance matters including license applications and modifications, compliance filings, policies and procedures, regulatory body audits, and acquisitions. She also counsels clients on issues pertaining to Medicaid, Medicare, the health insurance exchanges, and the Affordable Care Act, and assists health care entities in complying with new state and federal laws pertaining to COVID-19 relief, including state mandates regarding COVID-19 testing and vaccines, and ongoing federal stimulus bill impacts to ACA marketplace subsidies and marketplace premiums.

Prior to joining Wilke Fleury, Heather was an Associate at a Sacramento-based boutique law firm focusing exclusively on health law and litigation. She has litigated complex health care issues including COBRA, coverage disputes, and breach of contract in state and federal court, administrative hearings, and alternative dispute resolution.

Heather M. Claus

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• State of California
• United States District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California

• American Bar Association, Health Law Section
• California Society for Healthcare Attorneys
• Sacramento County Bar Association, Health Care Law Section
• Women Lawyers of Sacramento
• University of San Diego School of Law
  • Board of Directors (2018 – present)

• Super Lawyers – Northern California Rising Star (2019 - 2020)
• Sacramento Magazine Top Lawyer: Healthcare (2020)

• Sacramento ESL Program
  • Board Member (2017 – 2019)
• Legal Services of Northern California
  • Volunteer Attorney (2019 - present)

Heather studied abroad in Madrid and Barcelona and is conversant in Spanish.  In her free time she enjoys ballet, occasional half marathons, and frequent trivia nights.