Cori H. Loomis

Of Counsel

(405) 552-2282
cori.loomis@mcafeetaft.com
Oklahoma City

Overview

Cori Loomis is a healthcare attorney who draws upon her extensive experience working in both private practice and public service to represent and counsel hospitals and health systems, physicians, medical and dental practices, and other healthcare providers on a broad range of transactional, operational, legislative, administrative and regulatory compliance matters. She also currently serves as the co-leader of the Healthcare Group.

In addition to working in private practice for more than 20 years, Cori’s prior career experience includes serving as the compliance officer and HIPAA privacy official for the University of Oklahoma and as the general counsel for Oklahoma State Medical Association.

As part of her counseling practice, Cori routinely provides healthcare practitioners and providers with analysis and advice on a myriad of state and federal compliance matters, including Stark law, anti-kickback regulations, EMTALA, HIPAA, Medicare/Medicaid regulations and reimbursement issues, and professional and entity licensure laws and regulations. She also works with clients to resolve disputes or issues that disrupt or threaten a healthcare provider’s or organization’s operations, including payment audits and appeals, civil and criminal investigations, False Claims Act litigation, and OIG self-disclosure submissions.

Cori’s work on healthcare transactions involves private equity roll-up transactions, asset purchases and stock or unit purchases, establishing various healthcare entities including ambulatory surgery centers and medical groups, and joint ventures. She has been involved in projects from the strategic planning phase through closing, which includes due diligence, drafting, negotiation, regulatory analysis and approvals, and post-closing transition matters, as well as related employment and employee benefit matters.

In addition to her full-time practice, Cori currently serves as an adjunct professor for the Oklahoma City University Meinders School of Business, where she teaches a master’s level course in health law.

Her achievements have earned her inclusion in the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Oklahoma Super Lawyers, and The Best Lawyers in America (administrative/regulatory law; business organizations; corporate law; health care law; nonprofit/charities law), which named her “Nonprofit/Charities Lawyer of the Year” in Oklahoma City for 2026 and “Health Care Lawyer of the Year” in Oklahoma City for 2017.

Active in the community, Cori has leveraged her career experience and leadership skills to serve on a number of civic and nonprofit boards over the years, including Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oklahoma City, The Children’s Center and Rehabilitation Hospital, Vizavance (formerly Prevent Blindness Oklahoma), Oklahoma Women’s Coalition, and Community Health Charities. Additionally, she was selected a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Leadership Academy in 2011 and served as a gubernatorial appointee on the Oklahoma Board of Nursing from 2011–2015.

Representative Experience

  • Assisted a western Oklahoma community re-open its hospital and obtain a new license from the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
  • Helped several rural Oklahoma hospitals separate from an out-of-state management company and address issues from private payers related to a reference laboratory scheme.
  • Worked with two southeastern Oklahoma hospitals to reorganize and restructure their debt though a Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
  • Working on helping a rural hospital convert to rural emergency hospital and then enter a long-term lease with a larger hospital.
  • Helped a physician establish a direct primary care practice.
  • Performed numerous Stark and anti-kickback statute analyses for bank loans and various transactions.
  • Served as local counsel on private equity roll-up-type transactions involving Oklahoma medical groups.

Honors and Awards

  • Listed in the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2010–2014; 2021–Present)
  • Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2011–Present)
  • Named “Best Lawyers Nonprofit/Charities Lawyer of the Year” in Oklahoma City for 2026
  • Named “Best Lawyers Health Care Lawyer of the Year”in Oklahoma City for 2017
  • Listed in Oklahoma Super Lawyers (2012–Present)
  • Recognized as a “Woman of the Year” finalist and “50 Making A Difference” honoree by The Journal Record (2014 and 2016; Circle of Excellence, 2017)
  • Honored with The Journal Record’s Leadership in Law Award, recognizing legal professionals for their professional and civic contributions to the state (2010)

Professional Organizations and Memberships

  • Oklahoma County Bar Association
  • Oklahoma Bar Association (Former Chair, Health Law Section; OBA Leadership Academy, 2011)
  • Oklahoma Health Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Health Lawyers Association

Civic Involvement and Leadership

  • Rotary Club of Oklahoma City
  • Crossings Christian School (Board of Directors, 2018 – present)
  • Executive Service Corps of Central Oklahoma (Board of Trustees)
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities – Oklahoma City (Board of Directors)
  • Leadership Oklahoma City (Class 34)
  • Oklahoma Board of Nursing (Gubernatorial Appointee, 2011 – 2016)
  • The Children’s Center and Rehabilitation Hospital (Former President, Board of Directors)
  • Vizavance (Former Chair, Board of Directors)
  • Community Health Charities (Board Member, 2007-2014)

    Writing Credits

  • OK Legislature passes COVID-19 lawsuit protection bills

    June 8, 2020 | The Oklahoma 100

Speaking Engagements

  • One Big Beautiful Recap

    2025 Corporate Counsel Seminar

    December 10, 2025
    | Tulsa, OK
  • One Big Beautiful Recap

    2025 Corporate Counsel Seminar

    December 9, 2025
    | Oklahoma City, OK
  • Legal Compliance Update

    OHA Connect

    November 20, 2025
    | Oklahoma City, OK
  • Physician Contracting Issues: Employment Agreements and Beyond

    Explore Healthcare Summit 2024

    August 23, 2024
    | Norman, OK
  • Proper Prescribing

    Oklahoma State Medical Association

    July 19, 2024
    | Online
  • Legal Update

    Oklahoma Hospital Association’s Connect 23

    November 29, 2023
    | Oklahoma City, OK