Leveraging Big Data in Healthcare: Navigating HIPAA, Stark and AKS Compliance, and Security Issues

Ms. Mandelbaum has deep roots in working collaboratively with health care providers and experience in all aspects of information technology (IT), system security, and data protection from her background as a data privacy and cybersecurity official at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and in the private sector.

Ms. Pierce Reisz counsels health care organizations regarding their health information technology (HIT) and data use issues, including information security and privacy practices. Her business-focused, practical advice helps clients navigate regulatory compliance and licensing issues, government investigations, and complex disputes. Ms. Pierce Reisz advises a wide range of health care clients, including health care providers and health plans, on regulatory compliance. Her practice has a particular focus on HIT and data use issues, including health information privacy and security under HIPAA/HITECH, state confidentiality laws, and 42 C.F.R. Part 2; data breach response; EHR contracting and implementation issues (including meaningful use compliance); complex data sharing arrangements; telehealth; and information blocking under the 21st Century Cures Act. Clients also value Ms. Pierce Reisz's extensive experience with physician licensure, physician contracting, and medical staff governance issues, as well as the peer review process. Additionally, she counsels on fraud and abuse compliance and responses to government investigations at both the state and federal levels.