Megan Neel is a Board-Certified Health Law attorney in FBFK’s Houston office with more than two decades of involvement in counseling healthcare organizations on intricate operational and regulatory matters. Megan has experience with direct primary care practices, counseling groups, medical spas, multi-site physician practices, national telehealth providers, and integrated healthcare enterprises through transactions, regulatory compliance, strategic contractual relationships, ownership structures, and operational risk management. Recognized for her practical, results-oriented approach, she helps healthcare clients grow and innovate while remaining fully compliant with state and federal requirements.
Before entering private practice, Ms. Neel collaborated with leading pharmaceutical companies and later served as Chief Compliance Officer for a network of ambulatory surgical centers, gaining firsthand insight into building robust compliance programs and counseling executive leadership. This blend of real-world industry knowledge and legal acumen now informs her role as a trusted outside general counsel to healthcare groups, where she delivers comprehensive support in governance, compliance, contract strategy, and planning.
A significant portion of Ms. Neel’s practice centers on healthcare mergers and acquisitions. She advocates for buyers and sellers in practice acquisitions, physician group roll-ups, medical spa transactions, and strategic consolidations, shepherding clients through due diligence, deal structuring, risk allocation, and post-closing integration. Her ability to anticipate regulatory pitfalls, design compliant ownership models, and negotiate favorable terms makes her an invaluable advisor in sophisticated healthcare transactions.
She also counsels on HIPAA, the Physician Self-Referral law (formerly known as Stark), the Anti-Kickback Statute, and other key requirements; develops operational and human resources policies; provides HIPAA compliance training; and defends providers in HIPAA breach investigations and enforcement actions.
By combining board-certified health law credentials, deep operational insight, and transactional prowess, Ms. Neel delivers clear, actionable counsel that allows healthcare organizations to expand, protect value, and focus on delivering quality patient care with confidence in their legal foundation.
