Meghan Mead is the Deputy Director in the Mid-States region at the Network. She has expertise in data sharing and privacy laws, including extensive experience with HIPAA. Her other interests and areas of expertise include social determinants of health such as housing and food security; public benefits; guaranteed income; and housing instability and evictions.
Prior to her work at the Network, Meghan served as the Director of Law and Policy at New Mexico Appleseed, where she identified and successfully advocated for effective solutions to child and family poverty at the local, state, and federal level. She also spent almost a decade in private law practice providing regulatory and transactional legal advice to health care providers, including hospitals and medical groups. She is a graduate of Stanford Law School and received her undergraduate degree magna cum laude in history and economics from Mount Holyoke College. She is licensed to practice law in New Mexico and California.
by Overview January 23 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. CTThere are many opportunities for the public health community to leverage AI to advance…
There are opportunities for public health agencies to improve health outcomes and alleviate workforce burden through AI. However, public health agencies also need to be aware of the challenges and ethical complexities around AI, and thoughtfully evaluate its use and ensure appropriate protections are in place.
This legal technical assistance resource responds to questions attendees posed in response to information shared in a training session on HIPAA held by the Network in February 2024.
This legal technical assistance resource addresses the question of privacy protections in state and federal law related to health care data that is obtained from the provision of free healthcare services where there are no electronic transactions, such as billing.
This resource outlines several key resources from the U.S. Department of Health and Human services and includes links to the materials online.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191 (HIPAA) applies to many local public health departments (LHDs). This issue brief helps public health practitioners, and their attorneys understand how HIPAA applies to LPHDs, the steps an LPHD must take to become a HIPAA hybrid entity, and discusses how these decisions directly impact data sharing, operations, compliance burden, and risk.
