Melissa Bianchi leads the firm’s digital health initiative, bringing together a cross-disciplinary approach to digital health products such as mobile apps, wearable sensors, and other health IT solutions. Well versed in health privacy law, she helps clients navigate a range of complex health data issues under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other U.S. laws.
Melissa advises companies and academic medical centers on cutting-edge clinical research issues, genetic information, and tissue and data repositories. She handles health information exchange and meaningful use issues for hospitals and their vendors, and works closely with a number of academic medical centers on structuring research activities under HIPAA, managing student health centers, and general HIPAA compliance.