Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare

USA - Nationwide

5 Years Ranked

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Healthcare

Arizona

11 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Kristen Rosati

USA

Practice Areas

- Health Care Law

- Data Privacy & Security

Career

Kristen is considered one of the nation’s leading “Big Data” and HIPAA compliance attorneys. She also has deep experience in data sharing for research and innovation, data breaches, state consumer data privacy, biobanking and genomic privacy, and clinical research compliance. Kristen is a sought-after national speaker on these issues and has been active in national healthcare policy. She is the past President (2013-2014) of the American Health Law Association, the nation’s largest health care legal organization. Kristen is recognized by Chambers, Best Lawyers©, and Southwest Super Lawyers: Top 50 Arizona Super Lawyers© and Top 25 Women Arizona Super Lawyers for her work in health law.

Professional Memberships

- American Health Law Association (AHLA) President (2013 – 2014); Fellow (2021-present); Board of Directors (2006 – 2015)

- Founding Member, Arizona Leadership Council, Take the Lead Women (October 2015 to present)

- Member, Planning Committee, "Optimizing Public-Private Partnerships for Clinical Cancer Research-a Workshop," National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Washington, D.C., October 17-18, 2023)

- Member, Planning Committee, “Changing the Culture of Data Management and Sharing – a Workshop,” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Virtual Workshop (April 28, 2021)

- Member, Planning Committee, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop on Neuroscience Data in the Cloud (May 2018 – September 2019)

- Member, Program Planning Committee for AHLA Artificial Intelligence Convener Session (2020 – 2021)

- Member, Program Planning Committee, AHLA Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute (2015 – 2020)

- Member, Program Planning Committee, AHLA Precision Medicine Institute (2016 – 2017)

- Member, Arizona State University Health Futures Council (November 2018-2021)

- Member, Healthcare Leadership Council for the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (2013 – 2015)

Publications

- Co-author, “Optimizing Public-Private Partnerships to Support Clinical Cancer Research,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Dec. 12, 2024)

- Author, “Legal Compliance and Good Data Stewardship in Data Sharing Plans,” Harvard Data Science Review (July 28, 2022)

- Co-author, “Designing a Trusted Framework for the Application of AI in Health Care,” AHLA White Paper (Sept. 3, 2021)

- Author, “Coping with Evolving Standards of Data De-identification,” 2021 Health Law Handbook, Thomson Reuters Health Law Series (Aug. 2021)

- Co-author, “Data Sharing for Clinical Integration and other ‘Big Data’ Initiatives,” AHLA Fundamentals of Health Law (2018)

- Co-author, “Legal Compliance in Using Biospecimens for Research,” Chapter 4, Health Law and Compliance Update, Wolters Kluwer (2018)

- Co-author, “Privacy Compliance in Clinical Research,” Bloomberg Law (Oct. 2017)

- Author, “Patient Privacy and Clinical Laboratory Data,” Journal of Clinical Chemistry 63:8 (2017)

- Co-author, “Health Care Data Breaches: Practical Advice for Trying Times,” AHLA Journal of Health Law and Life Sciences (Feb. 2017)

- Co-author, “2015 Health Law and Compliance Update,” Wolters Kluwer (2015)

- Co-author, “Anatomy of a Health Care Data Breach,” Aspen Publishers' Health Law and Compliance Update (2014)

- Author, “Protecting Your Clients' Information: HIPAA and Other Cybersecurity Imperatives,” Arizona Attorney (Nov. 2013)

- Author, “HIPAA: Once Again a Major Compliance Concern,” Health Care Program Compliance Guide, Bloomberg BNA (April 2012 and June 2013)

- Co-author, “A Policy Framework for Public Health Uses of Electronic Health Data,” Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety, Vol. 21 (2012)

- Author, “Using Electronic Health Information for Pharmacovigilance: The Promise and the Pitfalls,” Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law, Vol. 2, No. 4 (July 2009)

- Co-author, “HIT in a HITECH World,” AHLA (2009)

- Co-author, “Developments in Electronic Health Records, Chapter 7,” 2007 Health Law & Compliance Update (2007)

- Author, “Electronic Health Records: Controlling the Risks,” Revenue Cycle Strategist (March 2006)

- Author, “HIPAA’s Impact on Lawyers and Litigation, Chapter 6,” Health Law Handbook (2005)

- Author, “Human Genetic Sampling and the HIPAA Privacy Standards,” Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology (2005)

- Co-author & co-editor, “The Quest for Interoperable Electronic Health Records: A Guide to Legal Issues in Establishing Health Information Networks,” AHLA (2005)

- Co-author, “Practice Resource: Sample Lawyer Engagement-Letter Language with Covered Entity under HIPAA Provisions,” Journal of Health Law (Fall 2003)

- Co-author, “Lawyers as HIPAA Business Associates,” American Health Lawyers Association Expert Monograph Series (Nov. 2003)

- Co-speaker, “Health AI: Governance of Quickly Evolving Technology,” AHLA Advising Providers Conference (Feb. 21, 2025)

- Speaker, “AI Governance and the Evolving Regulatory Landscape,” Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association Leadership Conference (Oct. 16, 2024)

- Co-speaker, "The Evolving Academic Medical Center: Addressing Regulatory, Strategic, and Financial Headwinds,” National Association of College and University Attorneys Annual Conference (Columbus, Ohio, June 27, 2024)

- Co-speaker, "De-Mystifying De-Identification: Understanding Divergent U.S. and Global Standards," AHLA Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C., June 25, 2024)

- Panel Moderator, “Health AI Governance,” AHLA: The Complexities of AI in Health Care (Chicago, IL, May 17, 2024)

- Co-speaker, “The Cutting Edge of Digital Health Privacy Law,” American Telemedicine Association NEXUS 2024 (Phoenix, AZ, May 5, 2024)

- Speaker, “The Legal Landscape for Data Sharing in the U.S.,” Brain Health Nexus Workshop (Washington, D.C., Mar. 7–8, 2024)

- Speaker, “A Quick Tour Through Legal Issues in Data Sharing,” National Academies of Sciences Optimizing Public-Private Partnerships for Clinical Cancer Research Workshop (Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2023)

- Co-speaker, “Meta Pixel and Other Online Tracking Technologies—Investigation and Legal Response,” Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (July 19, 2023)

- Co-speaker, “Web Tracking Technologies: Investigation and Response,” Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (June 8, 2023)

- Co-speaker, “Web-Tracking Technologies: Investigation and Legal Response,” Nashville Healthcare Privacy Network (Apr. 13, 2023)

- Co-speaker, “Arizona Health Law Annual Review: Health Data Developments,” Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (Phoenix, AZ, Feb. 24, 2023)

- Co-speaker, “What’s the Big Deal? Transactions Involving ‘Big Data’ and Genomics,” AHLA Institutes (Orlando, FL, Jan. 30–31, 2023)

- Co-speaker, “AI Compliance Challenges,” CommonSpirit CRP National Summit (Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 13, 2022)

- Co-speaker, “Year in Review,” Various AHLA and ASHA conferences (2019–2022)

- Speaker, “Legal Issues in Data Sharing,” Changing the Culture of Data Management and Sharing - a Workshop, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Virtual Workshop (April 28, 2021)

- Speaker, “Legal Considerations—Patient Privacy and Data Security,” National Cancer Policy Forum (Virtual, July 13, 2020)

- Speaker, “Coping with Evolving Standards for De-Identification,” National Cancer Institute Workshop (Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 2020)

- Co-speaker, “De-identification Demystified: Legal Standards, Risks, and Mechanisms to Prevent Re-identification,” AHLA webinar (April 23, 2020)

- Guest, Speaking of Health Law Podcast, AHLA (Feb. 14, 2020)

- Moderator and Co-speaker, “Doing Deals in the Genomic and Big Data Era,” AHLA (Arlington, VA, Jan. 10, 2020)

- Co-speaker, “Navigating Privacy Challenges in Collaborative Care Access,” Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) Nashville (Nov. 15, 2019)

- Speaker, “Regulatory and Ethical Challenges in ‘Big Data’ Research,” UC Ethics Symposium (Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 29, 2019)

- Speaker, “Privacy in the Use of Big Data for Research,” National Academies - National Cancer Policy Forum Workshop (Washington, D.C., Oct. 28, 2019)

- Moderator and Speaker, “Best Practices in Privacy Protection,” National Academies – Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders Workshop (Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 2019)

- Speaker, “A Trip Through the GDPR (European Union General Data Protection Regulation),” Arizona Health Information Management Association (June 14, 2019)

- Moderator, “Data Science and Health Disparities - Obstacles and Opportunities,” Arizona State University Health Future Council Biannual Meeting (May 2019)

- Speaker, “Protecting Genomic Information,” ASU Workshop on Patents and Data Sharing/Access for Molecular Diagnostics (Tempe, AZ, Dec. 6, 2018)

- Speaker, “The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Its Impact on U.S. Healthcare Entities,” HCCA Nashville (Nov. 16, 2018)

- Speaker, “Sentinel System: Data Sharing for Public Health Activities,” Sentinel System Summit (Boston, MA, Nov. 6, 2018)

- Speaker, “Future Proofing Your Activities: Keeping up with Regulatory Developments,” National Academies - Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders Workshop (Washington, D.C., June 6, 2018)

- Co-speaker, “Navigating New Terrain: Recent Developments in Human Subjects Research Regulation,” AHLA (Jan. 25, 2018)

- Co-speaker, “Legal Ethics in Cybersecurity and Data Breaches,” Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers (Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 14, 2017)

- Co-speaker, “HIPAA and Cybersecurity: Data Breach -- Legal Preparation and Response,” Arizona State University (Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 26, 2017)

- Speaker, “Data Sharing in Research and Clinical Environments,” Arizona State University Health Futures Council Spring Meeting (Tempe, Arizona, May 16, 2017)

- Speaker, “Big Data: Compliance in Complex Data Sharing Arrangements,” Vizient (Chicago, IL, April 26, 2017)

- Speaker, “The Changing Legal Landscape of Biobanking,” Southern Arizona Biomedical Research Symposia Biobanking and Informed Consent: Challenges and Solutions (Tucson, AZ, March 15, 2017)

- Speaker, “Data Sharing for Clinical Integration and other ‘Big Data’ Initiatives,” AHLA Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute (Baltimore, MD, March 9–10, 2017)

Personal

Kristen started her educational journey at the University of Michigan Medical School, but decided to go to law school instead to pursue health policy. Kristen is still deeply interested in science and the practice of medicine, which she brings to her legal practice.

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Kristen Rosati continues to be a popular choice for clients seeking counsel on data strategy in the healthcare field. She assists clients with drafting data sharing agreements and investigations into data breaches.


Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare - USA - Nationwide

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Kristen Rosati is recognized for her standout work handling compliance, breach response and regulatory investigations in the healthcare space.

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