Megan F. Beaver

Counsel | She/Her/Hers

Overview

Megan F. Beaver is a counsel at Crowell & Moring’s San Francisco office and a member of the firm’s Health Care Group. Her practice focuses on health care regulatory compliance, with a particular emphasis on mental health parity under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and related state laws. Megan advises national and regional health plans—including Medicare Advantage, commercial, and Medicaid health plans—on a range of regulatory compliance issues, including state licensure, provider contracting, and delegated entity compliance. She has significant experience supporting clients through Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) Office of Enforcement investigations and has assisted plans in obtaining licensure under California’s Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act. She also supports health care transactions advising clients on regulatory risks, due diligence, and compliance issues that arise in mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic deals.

Prior to joining the firm, Megan was senior corporate counsel at Centene Corporation. In this role, Megan analyzed proposed, pending, and recently enacted legislation, as well as provided agency guidance, to determine the impact on health plan operations. She advised plan leadership on how to implement and effectuate the required action. Megan also advised the California plan leadership on how to manage the dual authorities of government programs and plan licensure (i.e. Medicare/Medi-Cal and DMHC).

Career & Education

    • University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., honor title, 2013
    • University of California, Davis, B.A., 2005
    • University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., honor title, 2013
    • University of California, Davis, B.A., 2005
    • California
    • California
  • Professional Activities and Memberships

    • Member, California Bar Association
    • Member, American Bar Association

    Professional Activities and Memberships

    • Member, California Bar Association
    • Member, American Bar Association

Megan's Insights

Podcast | 10.24.25

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: AI in Healthcare – Key Policy Developments and State Laws

In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Megan Beaver speak with Linda Malek and Matthew F. Ferraro about the latest federal and state developments in artificial intelligence (AI) policy affecting health care. The conversation covers the Trump administration’s AI action plan and Executive Orders on AI, new industry-specific and comprehensive state laws, and enforcement trends, with a focus on how these changes impact the health care industry....

Representative Matters

  • Defended California health care service plan in arbitration regarding payment of out-of-network services.
  • Represented Medi-Cal county organized health system in state fair hearings before the California Department of Social Services.
  • Represented Medi-Cal managed care plan in the California Superior Court on a writ of mandate related to the denial of Medi-Cal benefits.
  • Defended California health care services plan in arbitration with a health care provider over application of contractual language related to claims editing and payment.

Megan's Insights

Podcast | 10.24.25

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: AI in Healthcare – Key Policy Developments and State Laws

In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Megan Beaver speak with Linda Malek and Matthew F. Ferraro about the latest federal and state developments in artificial intelligence (AI) policy affecting health care. The conversation covers the Trump administration’s AI action plan and Executive Orders on AI, new industry-specific and comprehensive state laws, and enforcement trends, with a focus on how these changes impact the health care industry....

Megan's Insights

Podcast | 10.24.25

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: AI in Healthcare – Key Policy Developments and State Laws

In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Megan Beaver speak with Linda Malek and Matthew F. Ferraro about the latest federal and state developments in artificial intelligence (AI) policy affecting health care. The conversation covers the Trump administration’s AI action plan and Executive Orders on AI, new industry-specific and comprehensive state laws, and enforcement trends, with a focus on how these changes impact the health care industry....