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
- Blackbaud Reaches $49.5 Million Multistate Settlement Over Data Breach - (Posted On Thursday, October 12, 2023)
- The Supreme Court Clarifies the Meaning of “Knowingly” Under the False Claims Act - (Posted On Sunday, June 04, 2023)
- Publications Settlement Reached After 200,000 Affected by HIPAA Breach - (Posted On Thursday, May 25, 2023)
- The FTC Announces First Health Breach Notification Rule Enforcement Action - (Posted On Tuesday, February 14, 2023)
- OCR Highlights HIPAA Enforcement Actions under Right of Access Initiative - (Posted On Monday, April 18, 2022)
- CMS Requires COVID-19 Vaccine for Health Care Workers at all Facilities Participating in Medicare and Medicaid - (Posted On Friday, November 05, 2021)
- OCR Issues Clarifying Guidance on HIPAA, COVID-19 Vaccinations, and the Workplace - (Posted On Tuesday, November 02, 2021)
- HHS Advises on Fraudulent Postcard Disguised as Official OCR Communication - (Posted On Monday, May 10, 2021)
- Comment Period Extended for Extensive Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule - (Posted On Tuesday, March 16, 2021)
- $30 Billion Under CARES Act Comes With Strings Attached – What Do You Need To Know? - (Posted On Friday, April 10, 2020)
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.