Payal Shah is Senior Counsel at Vituity, a multispecialty healthcare and physician partnership with offices around the nation. She has been practicing healthcare law for over 10 years. She focuses her practice on regulatory guidance, transactions, Medicare and Medicaid, and payer and provider relations. Prior to joining Vituity, she was in-house counsel at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and prior to that, for a large nursing home company. She started her career as an attorney in the Illinois Senate and has worked closely on matters dealing with the Affordable Care Act, EMTALA, and Anti-Kickback and Stark laws.

Located in Chicago, IL, Payal was a former board member of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum for many years, and currently volunteers at local Chicago community organizations and mentors law students and recent law school graduates. She has also served on the SABA Chicago Board for several years. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, baking, trying out new restaurants, and watching sports. Payal received her B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and a J.D. from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.