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Bernstein, Stephen W. Bernstein, Stephen W.

Stephen W. Bernstein

Partner

Boston

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Stephen W. Bernstein specializes in e-health, “big data,” deployment of electronic health record systems and health-related matters affected by the internet and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), as well as private equity investments, mergers, acquisitions, affiliations and joint ventures involving technology, hospitals and physicians. Stephen is the global head of McDermott's Health Practice and co-chair of the Firm’s Life Sciences Practice.

Stephen has particular experience working with regional electronic health record collaborations as well as pharmaceutical, biotech, device companies, technology companies, health care providers and insurers concerning uses of health information for clinical and database research, product/disease registries and marketing matters, electronic health record development and implementation, including the ways these endeavors relate to personalized medicine. 

In the transactional arena, Stephen has extensive experience advising academic medical centers and hospitals, large, multi-specialty physician practice groups both within and outside of the tax-exempt sectors, as well as venture capital/private equity firms and their health-related portfolio companies.

Representative clients include the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Cape Cod Healthcare, Cardinal Health, Inc., Covance, Emdeon, Harvard University, The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, Modernizing Medicine, Northstar Realty Finance Corporation, Physicians’ Organization at Children’s Hospital, Risk Management Foundation/CRICO, Stanford University and TA Associates.

Stephen has practiced health law since 1988 in Boston, Massachusetts, and in Palo Alto, California. In Palo Alto, he provided on-site counsel to Stanford University Medical Center. Among other accomplishments at Stanford, Stephen participated in the negotiations for the affiliation between Stanford Health Services and Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital. He lectures extensively on health care privacy/HIPAA and related security issues, data mining, clinical research and product/disease registries as well as physician compensation, and electronic health record implementation. Stephen has been featured on National Public Radio's syndicated program Here and Now and has been quoted by The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post on medical privacy issues.

Results

  • Advises the American Society of Clinical Oncology on its development and ongoing implementation of CancerLinQ, a national initiative aimed at assembling a vast database of useable, searchable, real-world cancer information designed to improve the quality of cancer care for patients
  • Advised Northstar Realty Finance, a real estate investment trust on health care regulatory matters surrounding: (i) its $1.05 billion acquisition of 80 senior living facilities in 15 states, (ii) a follow-on acquisition of more than 160 health care-related properties, and (iii) an additional acquisition of a diversified portfolio of 295 health care properties in 31 states and the United Kingdom
  • Serves as outside counsel to major companies, including Cardinal Health, Emdeon and Modernizing Medicine concerning privacy, security, HIPAA and other data-related matters, in the merger and acquisition, regulatory and compliance contexts
  • Serves as outside counsel to the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) on its implementation of its nationally recognized pilot program with Blue Cross of Massachusetts to implement electronic health records and health information in three communities, involving 600 clinicians and several hospitals, in addition to advising on the implementation of MAeHC’s Quality Data Warehouse and the provision of these services to numerous health systems
  • Advised MedSolutions, a portfolio company of TA Associates, on its sale and integration with CareCore National to form eviCore Solutions

Credentials

Education
  • Boston College Law School, JD, cum laude, 1988
  • Duke University, AB, magna cum laude, 1985
Admissions
  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • Massachusetts

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Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America 2007 to 2018, Health Care Law
  • The Legal 500 US 2015 to 2017
  • Chambers USA 2015 to 2017
  • US Healthcare Expert Guide, EuroMoney Legal Media Group
  • Boston Magazine, Massachusetts Super Lawyer

Community

  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Jewish Family & Children’s Services, member of the Board of Directors and the Disabilities Committee 

Credentials

Education
  • Boston College Law School, JD, cum laude, 1988
  • Duke University, AB, magna cum laude, 1985
Admissions
  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • Massachusetts

Core Capabilities

  • Consumer Data & Digital Marketing
  • Cross-Border Data Protection
  • Data Breach Management
  • Data Licensing & Strategies
  • Digital Health
  • Employer Data Privacy
  • Global Privacy & Cybersecurity
  • Health
  • Health Care Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Health Information Privacy
  • Information Security & Risk Mitigation
  • Life Sciences
  • Privacy Litigation & Governmental Investigations
  • Regulatory, Government & Lobbying Strategies

Regional Markets

  • United States

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