Isabella Wood is a senior associate in King & Spalding’s Atlanta office and is a member of the firm’s Healthcare practice. Isabella’s practice focuses on the representation of healthcare clients in litigation, investigations and regulatory matters. Isabella advises clients on federal and state regulatory issues, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, compliance, and fraud and abuse investigations. She also assists with healthcare regulatory due diligence in connection with acquisitions.

Isabella earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Georgia. During law school, Isabella served as a Notes Editor for the Georgia Law Review and as a teaching assistant. Prior to joining the firm, She served as a law clerk for the Honorable Lisa Godbey Wood of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Isabella is Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC). 

Publications and Presentations

• “What’s Keeping You Up at Night? Moons, Midnights and More!,” Georgia Hospital Association Compliance Officer Retreat, co-presented with Lauren Gennett, Greensboro, GA, September 8, 2016.
• Department of Health and Human Services Issues Proposed Rule Regarding Medicare Appeals, American Bar Association Health Law Section eSource, co-authored with Elizabeth Swayne and Lauren Gennett, August 2016.
• Is That You, Two-Midnight Rule? My, You’ve Changed, Health Care Compliance Association Compliance Today, co-authored with Lauren Gennett, March 2016.
• Medicare Parts A and B Overpayment Final Rule, Reimbursement Advisor, co-authored with Sara Kay Wheeler and Stephanie Johnson, March 2016.
• RAC forecast: Are we in the eye of the storm or are sunny skies ahead?, Health Care Compliance Association Compliance Today, co-authored with Lauren Gennett, July 2015.
• Increased Medicaid Integrity Efforts: What Providers Must Know, Clear Law Institute Live Webinar, co-presented with Lauren Gennett, Atlanta, GA, July 7, 2015.
• Show Me The Compliance: New Developments in Medicaid Audits and Disputes, Lorman Live Webinar, co-presented with Lauren Gennett, Atlanta, GA, April 15, 2015.
• Prepayment Review: CMS’s efforts to “stop the bleeding” may cause new wounds for providers and suppliers, Dennis Barry's Reimbursement Advisor, co-authored with Lauren Gennett, Vol. 29, No. 12, August 2014.
• Probe and Educate: the Provider Perspective, Dennis Barry's Reimbursement Advisor, co-authored with Sara Kay Wheeler and Lauren Gennett, Vol. 29, No. 11, July 2014.
• Compliance Game Changers: What Behavioral Health Providers Should Know, Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations, co-presented with Michael Paulhus, Franklin, Tennessee, April 25, 2014.
• Note, Imprisoned by Liability: Why Bivens Suits Should Not Be Available Against Employees of Privately Run Federal Prisons, 45 Ga. L. Rev. 1127 (2011).

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