Health Data Protection and Management in Healthcare Transactions: HIPAA and State Law Compliance, Risk Mitigation

Ms. Metnick is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Chicago office and a member of the Healthcare and Privacy & Cybersecurity Teams. She represents a range of healthcare industry clients, including hospitals and health systems, physician organizations and digital health companies. Ms. Metnick advises on healthcare regulatory and transactional matters with a focus on health information privacy and security. She is the founder and leader of Sheppard Mullin Healthy AI, which is an initiative focused on legal issues relates to the use of AI in healthcare. Ms. Metnick counsels healthcare clients on issues relating to AI, including governance, contractual matters, and data related issues. She advises clients on a range of privacy and security laws, including HIPAA and other federal and state privacy laws. Ms. Metnick also counsels businesses in data breach investigations and compliance with federal and state breach notification laws. She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/ US) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E).

Mr. Laughton helps health care providers navigate the roadblocks of regulations, potential investigations, and enforcement. He has served many types of providers within the health care space, including facilities, physicians and other professionals, and ancillary service providers such as pharmacies and laboratories. He also works with startup ventures, entrepreneurial individuals and groups, and provider joint ventures. Mr. Laughton has worked on a wide array of regulatory and compliance matters, including HIPAA, Stark/Anti-Kickback, False Claims Act, and state law issues. In addition, he often helps clients with corporate and transactional matters, including M&As, reorganizations, and developing complex organizational and contractual structures for innovative ventures.