Engaging, creative health and data privacy counsel to health care providers

Kaitlyn Fydenkevez uses her prior government experience to provide forward-thinking counsel to health care entities and providers of all kinds. She focuses on corporate privacy and security programs, assisting clients in protecting various categories of data, including employee, patient and consumer. She advises her clients on compliance with state and federal health care privacy laws, as well as state, federal, and international non-health specific data privacy and security issues.

Kaitlyn also specializes in contract drafting and negotiation and has significant experience reviewing HIPAA-compliant business associate agreements, privacy and security agreements, and general confidentiality and data privacy and security-focused language.

Prior to joining the firm, Kaitlyn spent time in both the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General (OCIG) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). With her broad range of government health care experience, she helps her clients manage today's challenges while also balancing a focus on future growth.

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut
• District of Columbia

Education

• University of Connecticut (B.A., 2012)

• University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 2015)

• "Pharmacy Law Update"
• "Texas's Southern District Dismisses Pharmacist's False Claims Act Suit Against Walgreens"
• 2024 U.S. Privacy Timeline
• CPRA is in Effect: What Health and Life Sciences Entities Need to Know
• Diving into the Washington My Health My Data Act
• Diving into the Washington My Health My Data Act
• Final Definitions and Considerations for Trading Partners to Prepare for DSCSA Implementation
• FTC Publishes Final Rule amending Health Breach Notification Rule
• HHS OCR Withdraws Tracking Technologies Appeal in AHA v. Becerra
• HHS Office for Civil Rights Announces Proposed Rule Increasing HIPAA Privacy Rule Protections for Reproductive Care
• HHS Tracking Technology Guidance Vacated by Federal Court
• It’s the End of the PHE as We Know It
• Joint Commission Issues Sentinel Event Alert on Cybersecurity in Health Care
• Key Considerations for Healthcare Providers Responding to Law Enforcement Requests
• Million Dollar Maybe: Enforcement of Cures Act Information Blocking Prohibitions Begins
• New York DFS Cybersecurity Regulation Outlines Actions with High ROI
• Privacy Update: A Busy Second Quarter
• Recent Updates: Data Privacy & Security for Health Care Entities Summer 2022
• Rhode Island: Summary of Fraud and Abuse Statutes and Regulations

Seminar

• Keeping Women’s Health Private: Evolving and Emerging Legal Safeguards and their Practical Implications
• Privacy Developments on the Horizon for 2024