Kristen Rosati on Planning Committee for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Workshop on Data Sharing

Kristen Rosati shared her expertise in biospecimen protection and data security at a lecture during Case Western Reserve School of Law’s Legal Challenges in Precision Medicine conference on April 7. Kristen lectured on “Control and Protection of Biospecimens and Genomic Data.” The conference discussed the legal challenges that are emerging as healthcare transitions to the Precision Medicine Initiative® (PMI) model instituted by the Obama administration in 2015. The PMI model entails tailoring health care to each individual’s genetic makeup, among other patient-specific factors. Kristen is a sought-after speaker on health care topics and has been active in national healthcare policy. She is considered one of the nation’s leading HIPAA compliance attorneys and has extensive experience in health information exchange, large data breaches, data sharing, clinical research, biobanking, and...

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Kristen Rosati on Planning Committee for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Workshop on Data Sharing

Coppersmith Brockelman partner Kristen Rosati was recognized as one of the Phoenix Business Journal’s 2017 Most Outstanding Women in Business at a luncheon on April 3. She was honored alongside 30 other winners from the education, health care, nonprofit, real estate and technology industries. The annual Outstanding Women in Business program celebrates the successes of Phoenix women who have demonstrated a high level of professional achievement, leadership and mentorship within their companies, industries and the greater community. Over the past two decades, Kristen has left an indelible footprint in the local and national legal communities. She is widely considered one of the nation’s leading HIPAA attorneys. She also has deep expertise with large data breaches, health information exchange, data sharing for research and clinical integration initiatives, electronic...

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Karen Owens conducted a webinar March 28 for the National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS), the national organization of medical staff services professionals. In “Sharing Peer Review Information Among Entities: Why, When, and How,” Karen discussed the trend toward sharing peer review information among health care entities for quality assurance and peer review purposes, analyzed the key components among various state information-sharing laws, and explained how to construct policies and agreements to safely share peer review information while preserving confidentiality. In 2015, Karen co-presented on negligent credentialing and peer review at the NAMSS annual meeting, and she has conducted numerous educational programs for Arizona’s NAMSS affiliate. Karen is a seasoned health care attorney who represents health care systems, hospitals, clinics, managed care entities and other...

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Roopali and Andy recently lent their considerable appellate expertise to the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association to help preserve the expansion of Medicaid eligibility in Arizona. The two were the principal drafters of a “friend of the court” brief in the Arizona Court of Appeals arguing that the Hospital Assessment created to fund that expansion was constitutional.  On March 16, 2017, the Court agreed in a published opinion, ensuring continued access to vital healthcare for hundreds of thousands of Arizonans. View the Court's opinion here....

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Kristen Rosati on Planning Committee for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Workshop on Data Sharing

Coppersmith Brockelman attorney Kristen Rosati is considered one of the nation’s leading HIPAA compliance attorneys, and has deep experience in clinical research compliance, biobanking and “Big Data.”  She is a sought-after speaker on each topic, and was recently called upon to share her expertise at the following events: 2017 Southern Arizona Biomedical Research Symposium on Biobanking and Informed Consent: Challenges and Solutions: As keynote, Kristen presented on “The Changing Biobanking Legal Landscape.” The symposium was held at the University of Arizona Cancer Center on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. The half-day event focused on the legal and ethical challenges associated with consenting study participants and collecting tissue samples to be stored in biorepositories. Listen to a recording of the seminar here. American Health Lawyers Association’s (AHLA)...

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Kristen Rosati, Kent Brockelman and John DeWulf (pictured left to right) were honored as three of Arizona’s Top 100 Lawyers in 2017 by Az Business magazine. The Top 100 Lawyers are chosen each year from a pool of more than 1,000 attorneys across the state. The final list is based on each attorney’s professional success, impact on their firm, community involvement and impact on the legal community. Kent Brockelman was recognized for labor and employment counseling, labor and employment litigation, and commercial litigation. John DeWulf was recognized for commercial litigation. Kristen Rosati was recognized for health information privacy and security, health information exchange and data sharing for research and clinical integration initiatives, biobanking and genomic privacy. View the full list of 2017 attorneys....

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