Elizabeth “Betsy” Johnson is a Member of the firm in the Lexington office. She concentrates her practice in all aspects of health law, focusing on regulatory matters impacting both providers and payors. Betsy understands the important role that the government plays in health care and encourages her clients to have a collaborative working relationship with government officials. Besides practicing law, she is registered with the Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission as an Executive Branch Lobbyist and enjoys connecting her clients with officials in the executive branch.

Betsy has a diverse career serving in both legal and policy roles in state government and the private sector. On behalf of governmental agencies and while in the private sector, she successfully advocated for the passage of legislation impacting health care by testifying before numerous legislative committees and meeting with members of the Kentucky legislature and members of Congress. Betsy has spent her career building and maintaining relationships with individuals on both the state and national level.

Besides serving as Kentucky’s Medicaid commissioner, Betsy spent six years as health insurance regulatory counsel for the Department of Insurance. While in this role, she successfully defended Kentucky’s any willing provider law before the United States Supreme Court. Most recently, she served as the President/Executive Director of the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities/Kentucky Center for Assisted Living, where she grew the association membership by 30%, created the first assisted living community chapter, and successfully advocated for increased Medicaid funding and regulatory reform. Betsy serves on the American Health Care Association Legal Committee.