Dianne advises a variety of health care clients on a broad range of issues, including licensure, regulatory, contractual, and risk management matters, and patient care. As former in-house counsel to an academic medical center, a large part of her practice involves counseling researchers and research sponsors in matters related to FDA and OHRP regulated clinical research, including patient consent, access to and use of tissue and associated patient information, and the Institutional Review Board process. In addition, Dianne currently serves as a Vice Chair of AHLA's Health Care Reform Education Task Force.
She also counsels health care clients and other business entities on a broad range of privacy and data security issues, including the HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Standards, including requirements under HITECH and the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, 42 CFR Part 2, and state-imposed medical privacy laws. She regularly assists clients with data breach response and mitigation, the implementation of HIPAA-mandated policies and procedures, privacy audits, third-party requests for information, and review of HIPAA-related contracts and forms. She has successfully defended clients in both civil and criminal HIPAA enforcement actions and regularly assists clients with the management of data breaches and other losses of protected health information.
Before joining Mintz, Dianne was an associate staff attorney at the Lahey Clinic, where she provided general counsel services to medical, professional, and administrative staff. She also served as counsel to the Institutional Review Board, the Ethics Committee, the Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Committee, and the Genetics Advisory Board. Before joining the Lahey Clinic’s legal staff, she worked in the research administration department. Her responsibilities included drafting a regulatory compliance manual detailing laws of concern in basic, clinical, and animal research, continually reviewing relevant regulations to ensure compliance for institutional programs, and researching and advising clients on a broad range of regulatory matters.
Dianne was the first Suffolk University law student to graduate with a concentration in Health Care and Biomedical Law. She formerly served as an adjunct professor at Stonehill College, teaching an undergraduate Health Care Law course.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Dianne J. Bourque
- HHS Keeps On Sprinting with Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule - (Posted On Monday, December 14, 2020)
- US Health System Warned of Coordinated Ransomware Attacks - (Posted On Friday, October 30, 2020)
- HHS Further Amends 42 CFR Part 2, Easing Some, But Not All, Burdens on Substance Use Disorder Treatment Providers - (Posted On Friday, July 17, 2020)
- A New Decade of HIPAA – What Can We Expect? - (Posted On Monday, December 23, 2019)
- HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes to AKS and Stark Law, Part 2: Cybersecurity Technology and Electronic Health Records - (Posted On Monday, October 21, 2019)
- Part 2 Proposed Rule Brings Clarity and Reduces Regulatory Burdens for Substance Use Disorder Providers, but Challenges Remain - (Posted On Tuesday, September 03, 2019)
- Another Chance for HIPAA and Part 2 Harmony? - (Posted On Tuesday, July 23, 2019)
- Complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act: Are Health Care Organizations "Home Free"? - (Posted On Thursday, April 04, 2019)
- Strategies to Unlock AI's Potential in Health Care, Part 3: HIPAA and Other Privacy Considerations - (Posted On Thursday, October 25, 2018)
- Bah, Humbug! HIPAA Compliance Isn’t Getting Any Easier - (Posted On Thursday, December 21, 2017)