Cate’s practice focuses on handling regulatory, enforcement, and transactional matters for a variety of life sciences and health industry clients (including hospitals, medical practices, pharmacies, long-term care facilities, electronic health records providers, management companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and medical device companies). Cate specializes in health information privacy and security compliance, and regularly advises clients on compliance with HIPAA, interoperability and information blocking regulations, Part 2, and similar state laws, including responding to breaches and security incidents, supporting responses to government investigations, policy drafting and implementation, and negotiating business associate agreements. Cate supports clients in advancing novel data use initiatives.