In a presentation to the Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (AzSHA), Karen Owens discussed two important issues related to avoiding discrimination in health care delivery: treatment considerations for transgender patients and patient bias against health care providers. Karen and her co-presenter, Paul Giancola of Snell & Wilmer, outlined the issues hospitals face in caring for transgender patients, addressing legal analysis and records issues that are common in treating this underserved population. They also discussed issues that occur when patients are biased against their providers based on race, gender, gender identity, religion, or national origin. Karen represents health care systems, hospitals, clinics, and other providers in clinical operations matters, including quality management, medical staff credentialing and peer review, confidentiality, and state and federal government regulation and reporting.  She...

With an outstanding reputation in health care law, three Coppersmith Brockelman attorneys presented key learnings about health care data to fellow lawyers during a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) presentation for the State Bar of Arizona. In Health Care Data for Lawyers, Scott Bennett addressed cybersecurity and legal ethics, including how to spot phishing scams and other attacks, and how to deal with breaches when they occur. He co-presented with Dave Kinsey, president of Total Networks, an IT vendor for law firms. Attorneys Melissa Soliz and Erin Dunlap discussed HIPAA basics, the role of lawyers as Business Associates, how to spot HIPAA issues, and other important privacy and data breach reporting laws. The State Bar of Arizona hosts a wide range of CLE seminars covering legal updates, skills-based workshops,...