Jennifer is a Partner in the Health Care Practice Group and leads the firm’s HIPAA Privacy and Security practice and initiatives. In her HIPAA practice, she works with clients to minimize the risk of privacy and data security issues, assisting with all aspects of HIPAA privacy and security compliance, governance, audits/investigations, breach analyses, training and strategic planning. She has a thorough understanding of federal and state privacy and confidentiality laws and has served as a health care privacy expert witness.
Within the constantly evolving health care legal landscape, in addition to HIPAA, Jen provides health care regulatory and compliance guidance to her clients in areas such as the federal and state anti-kickback laws, Stark law, PPACA (health reform), Sunshine Act, Medicare Secondary Payer laws, pharmaceutical marketing rules, ADA standards, and other laws and regulations impacting her health care clients.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Jennifer Orr Mitchell
- HHS Waives Certain EMTALA Requirements, Medicare Conditions of Participation, and HIPAA Sanctions during the COVID-19 Pandemic - (Posted On Thursday, March 19, 2020)
- Summary of Amendments to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on Paid Leave and Health Care - (Posted On Wednesday, March 18, 2020)
- Congressional Health Care Law Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic - (Posted On Monday, March 16, 2020)
- Helping Human Resources Managers Prepare for Coronavirus Pandemic - (Posted On Tuesday, March 10, 2020)
- Federal Court Strikes Down HIPAA Fee Limitations for Third-Party Medical Records Requests - (Posted On Friday, January 31, 2020)
- Dental Practice Pays $10,000 in HIPAA Settlements for Disclosing Personal Health Information on Social Media - (Posted On Thursday, October 10, 2019)
- Two New Recent Developments Impacting False Claims Act Litigation and Investigations - (Posted On Tuesday, June 04, 2019)
- HHS Proposes New Rule to Revise Section 1557 and Repeal Notice Requirements - (Posted On Tuesday, June 04, 2019)
- OCR Publishes Recommendations to Prepare for Cybersecurity Threats - (Posted On Monday, April 08, 2019)
- 340B Drug Ceiling Prices Now Available - (Posted On Wednesday, April 03, 2019)
Jennifer Orr Mitchell and her thought leadership on Health Care Law and Regulations, especially HIPAA, has been selected for a National Law Review Go-To Thought Leadership Award. Ms. Mitchell’s coverage of shifting regulations of the FDA, CMS and HIPAA settlements keep NLR readers informed of the changing landscape in health care. In particular, the emphasis on privacy issues in health care and how cybersecurity concerns impact HIPAA compliance and health care organizations are especially noteworthy.
The National Law Review named Dinsmore & Shohl as a Go-To Thought Leader for the firm’s Ohio COVID-19 news and for articles providing Coronavirus guidance to human resource professionals. Dinsmore provided frequent updates addressing Ohio’s legislation seeking to expand telehealth access, Ohio’s law granting immunity to essential workers, and the Ohio Treasurer’s COVID-19 community response initiative designed to ease cash flow to local governments. Furthermore, Dinsmore’s authors received unprecedented readership addressing more general employer concerns such as OSHA guidance on mask-wearing, employer-mandated vaccines, and specific alerts developed for HR managers to help them keep pace with the numerous changes during these turbulent times. Dinsmore’s most prolific and well-read authors include Jared M. Bruce, Anna M. Dailey, Hayley Geiler, Thomas W. Hess, Jennifer Orr Mitchell, Jacqueline N. Rau and Faith C. Whittaker.