Karin holds more than 30 years of healthcare regulatory and legal experience focused on compliance with laws necessary for operations, company reputation, and risk reduction. Her focus areas include privacy/HIPAA/cybersecurity, contracts (vendors, physician/hospital) and compliance with fraud and abuse laws (False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback and Qui Tam Suits). A JD, Karin has experience working at publicly traded and nonprofit healthcare corporations to represent hospital systems, healthcare facilities, and providers. Karin advises PYA and PYA clients on the development and implementation of initiatives to improve legal support of business operations. Erin is Certified in Healthcare Compliance and is a Certified HIPAA Professional and former HITRUST Authorized CSF Assessor. She has extensive experience advising on HIPAA and regulatory compliance consulting matters—specifically Business Associate Agreements and HIPAA and regulatory compliance program reviews. She assists with developing, documenting, and implementing policies and procedures, the compliance program and compliance risk assessment process, the HIPAA Security Risk Analysis process, and the analysis of Business Associate Agreements to ensure satisfactory assurances required by the Privacy Rule are met. Erin also regularly assists with risk mitigation compliance and documentation reviews.