Dena Castricone

About

I am a privacy and healthcare attorney with over 20 years of legal experience. Currently, I am the Managing Member at DMC Law, LLC in Connecticut and an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac School of Law. In previous roles, I served as the General Counsel and Chief of Privacy at one of the largest federally qualified health centers in the country and was a partner at Murtha Cullina LLP where I was the Chair of the Privacy and Cybersecurity group. I advise healthcare organization on a broad range of regulatory compliance and risk management matters from HIPAA and health privacy issues to telehealth, patient consent, substitute decision makers, vendor contracting, patient complaints, subpoena response, licensure actions and government investigations.

Practice Areas

Services

• Health Privacy

  Advise on compliance with various state and federal health privacy laws including HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2 and applicable state laws. We respond to investigations and Data Request from HHS' Office for Civil Rights and we respond to state and federal complaints relating to alleged health privacy violations. Additionally, we investigate health privacy compliance matters, make breach determinations, recommend corrective action and handle breach reporting and notification.
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• Healthcare Operations/Outside General Counsel

  Advise healthcare providers on a broad range of regulatory compliance, risk management, licensure, Medicare and Medicaid, contract, and day-to-day operational issues in Connecticut.
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• Health Tech

  DMC Law analyzes whether an organization qualifies as a covered entity, business associate or other regulated entity and identify corresponding federal health privacy regulatory obligations. We also prepare and negotiate Business Associate Agreements that meet business goals while maintaining regulatory compliance, draft or revise HIPAA-compliant policies, procedures, and training materials and advise on investigation, mitigation, and breach notification obligations following an incident.
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Work

• 
  General Counsel and Chief of Privacy

  Community Health Center

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
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  Partner

  Harris Beach Murtha

  Sep 2003 - Jan 2019
• Law Clerk to Chief Justice

  Rhode Island Supreme Court

  Sep 2002 - Aug 2003

Education

• Roger Williams University School of Law
  JD • 2002