
Sophia focuses her practice on advising health care organizations on a broad spectrum of regulatory and compliance matters. She represents traditional health care providers, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), health plans, rebate aggregators, management services organizations, and other for-profit and nonprofit health care clients. She regularly negotiates complex transaction terms, conducts due diligence, prepares corporate organizational and services related documents, and counsels PBMs and health plans on contracting and regulatory matters. Her practice also involves advising clients on value-based-care arrangements health care regulatory matters involving licensure and certification requirements.
Prior to joining Mintz, Sophia was an associate at a law firm that specialized in serving the health care sector, where she advised health care clients on a range of business, regulatory and transactional matters.
While earning her JD, Sophia served as a legal intern at a civil litigation firm in New York, the Office of the General Counsel at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the New York Legal Assistance Group. In law school, she served as an executive editor for the Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice and volunteered with the school’s Mediation Clinic. She also received a Jacob Burns Medal - Faculty Award.
Sophia earned a Master of Public Administration with a specialization in Health Policy and Management. Before law school, she interned as a health insurance specialist with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and as a project associate for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation with the NYU Advanced Project in Healthcare Policy and Management.
viewpoints
Operation Nightingale: Fraudulent Nursing Diploma Scheme and Its Implications on Health Care
February 6, 2023 | Blog | By Sophia Temis
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently partnered with various law enforcement agencies in a multi-state enforcement action aimed at uncovering a nursing degree fraud scheme: Operation Nightingale. This blog post discusses the related enforcement actions surrounding the fraud scheme and the broader implication on healthcare.
OIGs Report on Expanded Telehealth Service Access and Use, Program Integrity Risks During Year One of COVID-19 Pandemic
December 21, 2022 | Blog | By Karen Lovitch , Pat Ouellette, Sophia Temis
The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) Health Care Subgroup recently published an expansive report that highlighted the sheer volume of expanded access to and use of telehealth services in certain federal health care programs during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report also focused on program integrity risks related to this expanded use and included recommended safeguards for future oversight of telehealth services.
News & Press
The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 184 Mintz Attorneys across 56 Practice Areas
August 15, 2024
187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
PBM Takeaways From Proposed Telehealth Flexibility Bill
June 18, 2024
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
podcasts
Health Law Diagnosed – New Year's Gratitude
February 3, 2025 | Podcast | By Bridgette Keller, Alison H. Peters, Samantha Kingsbury, Theresa Carnegie, Joanne Hawana , Abdie Santiago, Stephnie John, Pamela Polevoy, Karen Lovitch , Jean D. Mancheno, Deborah Daccord, Rachel A. Alexander, Jane Haviland, David Gilboa, Kathryn Edgerton, Hassan Shaikh, Madison Castle, Laurence Freedman, Priyanka Amirneni, Samantha Hawkins, Tara E. Dwyer, Rachel Yount, Sophia Temis, Xavier Hardy
Host Of Counsel Bridgette Keller invites the Mintz Health Law team to reflect on what they’re grateful for as they prepare for the year ahead. Hear from a dynamic group of Members, Of Counsel, and Associates as they share their perspectives on what’s coming up over the horizon.
Health Law Diagnosed — Mintz Health Law Team: Reflecting on What We Are Grateful For
February 5, 2024 | Podcast | By Bridgette Keller
As the Mintz Health Law team welcomes the beginning of 2024, many of its members take a moment to reflect on the exciting growth of the Health Law Practice, opportunities to partner with clients on complex legal issues, and the celebration of numerous milestones.
Mintz Health Law: What We Are Grateful For
January 11, 2023 | Podcast | By Bridgette Keller
Bridgette Keller speaks with the Mintz Health Law team about what they are grateful for as they look back on a year of client service, mentorship, and working together as a team.
Publications
- Co-author, An Examination of State Trends in Facility Fee Legislation as New York’s Public Health Law § 2830 Takes Effect, New York State Bar Association’s Health Law Journal (September 2023)*
- Co-author: "HIPAA happenings: 2023 year in review." Compliance Today (March 2024)
*Reprinted with permission from the New York State Bar Association © 2023.
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Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch - Health Care Law (2024, 2025)