Adam Greene

Practice Areas

Adam Greene specializes in health information privacy and security laws, using his experience as a former regulator to help clients understand how they can permissibly leverage their health data, bring their information security programs into compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule, and respond to potential breach incidents. He works with healthcare providers, health plans, cloud services providers, health IT companies, and financial institutions to navigate HIPAA and the patchwork of other federal and state health information laws. His work ranges from applying health information laws to new technologies, such as AI and machine learning, to working with organizations to analyze complex privacy and security incidents involving health data under federal and state breach notification laws.

Before joining DWT, Adam worked on HIPAA and the HITECH Act at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in its Office of General Counsel and Office for Civil Rights. He drafted and negotiated the first HIPAA financial settlement agreements on behalf of the government, and assisted with implementing the HITECH Act and drafting the first HIPAA Breach Notification Rule. He also advised the Department on applying HIPAA to a variety of technologies, such as texting, cloud computing, and national health information exchange.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

American Health Lawyers Association

Health Care Compliance Association

Fellow, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

Education Advisory Board, International Association of Privacy Professionals, 2022

Advisory Board, Privacy Bar Section, International Association of Privacy Professionals, 2023-2034

Editorial Advisory Board, Report on Patient Privacy

Editorial Advisory Board, Healthcare Info Security

Board of Advisors, Privacy+Security Forum

Co-Chair, HIPAA Summit

Work Highlights

Thought leader in health information privacy and security -

Adam has been ranked as one of the “Top 10 Influencers in Health InfoSec” and one of the “50 Top Healthcare IT Experts". He has provided hundreds of presentations, serves on a number of advisory boards, and is frequently quoted in the news on privacy and security matters. He helps his clients navigate the newest challenges through his leadership, credibility, and experience.

Privacy and security compliance policies -

Works with clients to create comprehensive privacy and security policies that are operational and consistent with regulators’ expectations. Works with clients to bring their policies and procedures to the next compliance level.

Digital bridge -

Serves as outside counsel to central participants in the Digital Bridge project, a public-private initiative to automate information exchange between healthcare providers and public health agencies on a national level. Assists the project with applying privacy and security laws, as the program scales from a pilot to a national program.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

District of Columbia

Education