Iliana Peters is a Washington, D.C.-based shareholder in national law firm Polsinelli's HIPAA/Health Information Privacy & Security practice. Iliana counsels clients on data privacy and security compliance, incident response, regulatory investigations, complex data sharing projects, including AI, and training matters. She also assists in defending clients in data privacy, security, and breach claims. Previously, Iliana served as Acting Deputy Director and Senior Advisor for HIPAA at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights. In this role, Iliana developed information privacy and security policy, including on emerging technologies and cyber threats, for HHS, while coordinating with multiple federal agencies, State Attorneys General, and the White House. She spent years enforcing HIPAA regulations through spearheading multimillion-dollar settlement agreements and civil money penalties pursuant to HIPAA.
Hiba Al-Ramahi is a St. Louis-based associate in national law firm Polsinelli's HIPAA/Health Information Privacy & Security practice. Hiba provides strategic counsel to healthcare industry companies on a myriad of data privacy and cybersecurity matters.
As healthcare continues to become more and more dependent on third-party vendor services, provider and technology entities must remain focused on the risks that their vendors present.