Lara is a trusted advisor to clients ranging from traditional health care providers to disrupter digital health platforms as they navigate the practical and regulatory challenges of health care innovation. Her unique depth of knowledge across HIPAA privacy and other regulatory issues governing the use of data, state and federal fraud and abuse laws, business planning and operational issues has led colleagues to describe Lara as the “Swiss Army knife” of health care problem-solving.
Working at the intersection of health care and technology, Lara counsels telemedicine and other digital health clients on business plan strategy and implementation, state-specific telemedicine regulation, corporate practice of medicine, the scope of practice, fee splitting, anti-kickback, reimbursement, and other health care regulatory issues. Leveraging her prior in-house experience at two nonprofit health systems, she also advises health care providers on the incorporation of telehealth and other technology infrastructures, which has seen a vast uptick as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lara advises health care providers, clinical trials companies, ancillary providers, technology start-ups, HMOs, insurance companies, and large technology companies on HIPAA and other health data privacy and security regulations, including developing and implementing HIPAA compliance programs. She has also led significant HIPAA breach investigations, advising clients on risk management and mitigation efforts.
Prior to joining Mintz, Lara was a partner at a boutique health care law firm, where she helped lead the regulatory practice, guiding clients not only on risk avoidance but also on essential challenges of growth, including the transition to value-based care arrangements and the development of new health technology and digital health–related products and services. She also served as an in house attorney at two nonprofit health systems, Sutter Health and Community Medical Centers, where she advised extensively on Anti-Kickback, Stark Law, day-to-day operational risk and cost control management as well as creating, evaluating and implementing internal policies, compliance programs, and marketing and training initiatives.
Lara is regularly invited to speak on challenges facing the health care industry, including HIPAA and other regulatory issues.
She maintains an active pro bono practice and has been recognized as a Pro Bono Champion by the American Health Lawyers Association.
A member of the LA Tri Club, Lara trains as a triathlete, runs several triathlons a year, and competes in the 70.3-mile Half Ironman.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Lara D. Compton
- My Health, My Data! Washington State Enacts Broad Health Data Privacy Protection Law - (Posted On Wednesday, May 24, 2023)
- New California Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Laws - (Posted On Thursday, May 04, 2023)
- Are You Ready? How to Prepare for the End of OCR’s Public Health Emergency HIPAA Enforcement Discretion - (Posted On Tuesday, May 02, 2023)
- Federal Trade Commission’s GoodRx Settlement: Not Just a $1.5 Million Penalty - (Posted On Monday, March 13, 2023)
- New York Proposes Regulatory Review and Approval of Material Health Care Entity Transactions - (Posted On Wednesday, March 01, 2023)
- OCR Warns Providers Against Disclosing PHI on Social Media Platforms in Response to Negative Reviews in Settlement with Dental Practice - (Posted On Thursday, December 22, 2022)
- California Legislative Update Part II: Upcoming Changes for Health Facilities - (Posted On Tuesday, December 20, 2022)
- Is Your Website Collecting PHI Under OCR's New Tracking Technologies Bulletin? - (Posted On Wednesday, December 07, 2022)
- California Legislative Update Part I: New Requirements for Licensed Health Care Professionals - (Posted On Friday, November 11, 2022)
- Advance Regulatory Review of California Health Care Transactions by the New Office of Health Care Affordability to Begin in 2024 - (Posted On Wednesday, November 09, 2022)