Caitlin N. Otis

Associate

Caitlin N. Otis

Associate

Caitlin Otis is a Tampa health care associate in the firm’s national Telemedicine & Digital Health Industry Team and is a member of the Health Care Practice Group and the Health Care & Life Sciences Sector with Foley & Lardner LLP.

Caitlin assists with advising emerging digital health and telemedicine companies on multi-state telehealth practice standards and licensure requirements, including compliance with state and federal laws on permissible modalities for prescribing controlled and non-controlled substances, patient consent, and provider disclosure requirements. Caitlin’s experience also includes assisting companies navigate data privacy concerns specific to telemedicine practices, and advising on federal and state fraud and abuse guidance for companies with multi-state footprints, including physician fee splitting, anti-kickback statutes, and corporate practice of medicine issues.

Before joining Foley as a health care summer associate in 2021, Caitlin was a summer legal associate for a Tampa-based regional law firm where she focused on health care fraud and abuse enforcement. Caitlin additionally had experience researching emerging professional responsibility issues relating to the use of data tracker technology and targeted advertisements.

“Foley is the premier firm for telehealth counsel.”
“A market leader in telemedicine issues.”
“This is the Dream Team.”
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers (2020, 2021)

Why I Decided to Focus on Telemedicine

Awards and Recognition

  • Notes & Comments Editor, Florida Law Review
  • Florida Law Review Gertrude Brick Outstanding Board Member Award
  • Book Awards: Civil Procedure; Biotechnology and Medical AI Policy; Health Law; Practical Lawyering in the 21st Century
  • Member, Florida Association for Women Lawyers
  • Irving Cypress Freshman Scholastic Achievement Award Recipient
  • Florida Law Review Gertrude Brick Outstanding Board Member Recipient
04 November 2024 Deals and Wins

Foley Advises CopilotIQ in Strategic Merger with Biofourmis

Foley & Lardner LLP advised CopilotIQ, a health care technology company focused on improving the lives of older adults with chronic conditions, in its strategic merger with Biofourmis, a global technology-enabled care delivery company, delivering in-home care solutions serving enterprise health care customers.
29 April 2024 Health Care Law Today

2024 Health Care & Life Sciences Top Trends

Foley & Lardner’s 2024 Health Care & Life Sciences Top Trends publication unpacks fast-moving developments to help your business.
08 August 2023 Health Care Law Today

DEA: Potential New Telemedicine Special Registration for Controlled Substances Prescribing to be Discussed in Special Listening Sessions

At long last, the Drug Enforcement Administration has signaled its consideration of a separate Special Registration for telemedicine prescribing for patients without requiring an in-person examination.
8 August 2023 Events

Telehealth Landscape: Licensing, Practice Standards, and Emerging Trends

Associates Jaide Beverly and Caitlin Otis of Foley’s Telemedicine & Digital Health Area of Focus will be speaking at The Florida Bar’s Health Law Section's webinar titled “Telehealth Landscape: Licensing, Practice Standards, and Emerging Trends.”
14 June 2023 Events

Telehealth Law & Policy Panel

Foley attorneys Jennifer Hennessey, Aaron Maguregui, Caitlin Otis, and Jaide Lee Beverly will be hosting a session at the 2023 California Telehealth Summit titled “Telehealth Law & Policy Panel.”
24 May 2023 Events

Telehealth Landscape: Licensing, Practice Standards, and Emerging Trends

Foley Associates Jaide Lee Beverly and Caitlin Otis will be delivering a presentation titled “Telehealth Landscape: Licensing, Practice Standards, and Emerging Trends” at the Hillsborough County Bar Association, Health Care Section Luncheon.