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Nancy Halstead

Nancy Halstead

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Nan focuses on the intersection of health care and technology, practicing regulatory law including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, HIPAA, health information privacy, and interoperability, Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark, and other compliance matters, helping arrange clients’ digital health strategies and arrangements.

Nan counsels health care and life sciences companies in government investigations, administrative audits and False Claims Act litigation. She advises health IT companies, health care providers and health plans on new health data sharing rules around interoperability, information blocking and patient access. She is known for practical solutions, a deep understanding of the health care industry and appreciation of her clients’ businesses, operations and health IT systems.

Nan has extensive experience counselling a range of health care providers and manufacturing entities along with technology companies on collaboration agreements, value-based arrangements, strategic data partnerships, mobile health solutions and applications, connected devices and breach incident response.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory - District of Columbia

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial
Nancy Halstead is noted for her expertise in digital health. She counsels a range of clients, from medical device companies to healthcare providers, across a variety of regulatory issues.

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  • Nancy is so incredibly skilled with her depth of knowledge in her own field. I feel I can go to her with any number of issues and she is very capable of giving me an incredible knowledge base from which to draw from.

    Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products RegulatoryChambers Guide to the USA
  • Nancy is so knowledgeable and so practical in her advice, which is really great. She understands the constraints of where we are. Her advice is always really practical and usable in my practice.

    Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products RegulatoryChambers Guide to the USA
  • Nancy is an outstanding attorney with exceptional depth in the evolving intersection of healthcare and technology. She has a rare ability to translate complex regulatory and reimbursement issues into clear, practical strategies that support innovation while managing risk.

    Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products RegulatoryChambers Guide to the USA
  • Nancy is absolutely terrific. She has deep expertise in all these areas and is the type of attorney you can call with an issue and she almost always has feedback for you on the spot based on her deep expertise. She is creative in positively finding solutions to issues.

    Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products RegulatoryChambers Guide to the USA

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