Overview of HIPAA, Updates to HIPAA Rules, Recent OCR Enforcement Actions, and HIPAA Compliance Tips

Stacy Long represents and advises the firm’s healthcare clients regarding many significant legal issues, including security breach incidents and risk assessments involving Protected Health Information and other personal information under HIPAA/HITECH and other Federal and State laws governing the privacy and security of such information, as well as corporate compliance and regulatory matters. Ms. Long also counsels and advises clients on HIPAA/HITECH compliance programs, as well as breach notification obligations and audits initiated by Federal and State governmental agencies. Ms. Long also counsels clients on a variety of medical staff issues, including peer review matters and medical staff bylaws. She also represents individual professionals and healthcare providers in licensing and disciplinary matters, as well as employment-related matters, and works with mental health providers on confidentiality matters and commitment proceedings.

In addition to her health care practice, Ms. Long represents clients in State and Federal courts in a variety of litigation matters, including tort claims, preservation of mental health records, commitments to mental health facilities, breach of contract, commercial collections, landlord-tenant disputes, commercial foreclosures, and other commercial disputes.  In addition, Ms. Long has represented corporate clients on-site with their day-to-day operations, including negotiating, reviewing, and drafting contracts.