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M. Daria Niewenhous

Member Emerita

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Daria retired from Mintz in 2023 from the Health Law Practice. Her legacy includes a position as the former director of Mintz's Domestic Violence Project, the firm's signature pro bono initiative.

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ML Strategies has posted its weekly Health Care Reform Update.  This publication provides timely and concise information on  implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and other state and federal administrative and legislative activities related to health care reform.
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ML Strategies has posted its weekly Health Care Reform Update.  This publication provides timely and concise information on  implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and other state and federal administrative and legislative activities related to health care reform.
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Massachusetts Corporate Practice of Medicine Regulations Finalized

February 15, 2012 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous, Ellen Janos

The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine recently released final revised physician licensing and discipline regulations, effective February 1, 2012.  The final regulations mark the end of a six-year process to overhaul these regulations.
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CMS posted additional sub-regulatory guidance regarding the Medicare Loss Ratio (MLR) under Section 2718 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). 
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HITECH Data Breach Reporting Deadline Approaches

February 7, 2012 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous, Dianne Bourque

It’s time for mandatory data breach reporting to the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) under The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”) and the interim/final breach notification rules.
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ML Strategies has posted their weekly Health Care Reform Update.  This publication provides timely and concise information on implementation of the Affordable Care Act and other state and federal administrative and legislative activities related to health care reform.
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ML Strategies has posted its weekly Health Care Reform Update. The Health Care Reform Update provides timely and concise information on implementation of the Affordable Care Act and other state and federal administrative and legislative activities related to health care reform.
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Texas Health Care Privacy Law

September 20, 2011 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous

In this article "Texas Law Gives Privacy More Muscle than HIPAA", published by Law360 on September 16, 2011, Mintz Levin attorney Dianne Bourque is quoted regarding the aggressive new Texas health care privacy law.
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Qui Tam "Seal” Windows Shrinking?

August 22, 2011 | Blog | By Daria Niewenhous

When qui tam relators/whistleblowers file suit under the civil False Claims Act (FCA), they are “standing in the shoes” of the government to allege that the government has suffered damages due to fraud. 
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This case involved “John Doe,” a 65-year-old registered level-three sex offender. After serving time in jail, Mr. Doe was released to a homeless shelter. After sustaining serious injuries during a mugging, he was hospitalized and later discharged to a nursing home. 
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News & Press

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Mintz is pleased to announce that 32 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 27 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2023.

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Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.

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BOSTON –Mintz announced today that 39 of its practices and 81 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms.

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35 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 25 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2022.

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Best Lawyers® recognized 108 firm attorneys in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, two Mintz attorneys – Poonam Patidar and Scott M. Stanton – received 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 28 firm attorneys were included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

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Mintz Member M. Daria Niewenhous co-authored an American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Business Law and Governance Practice Group Briefing that featured a Q&A discussion with two strategic communications and media experts, including Senior Vice President, Strategic Communications of ML Strategies Nancy J. Sterling, APR, Fellow PRSA, offering insights on best practices for proactive and reactive media communications for healthcare organizations.
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Mintz partner and Massachusetts lawyer Julie Korostoff is one of 49 attorneys recognized as “Leaders in Their Fields” by the 2018 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide. Chambers named Korostoff a “Recognized Practitioner” in Technology.
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Best Lawyers named 85 Mintz attorneys to its 2018 list of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, Mintz attorneys Matthew J. Gardella and Samuel M. Tony Starr were named “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice areas.
Fifty-three Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers for 2016 and thirty-one have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars. The findings will be published in the November 2016 issue of Boston Magazine and in a stand-alone magazine, New England Super Lawyers. 
Best Lawyers named 73 Mintz attorneys to its 2017 list of The Best Lawyers in America. Mintz attorneys selected for inclusion in this year’s list span 44 practice areas. 
Firm’s National Healthcare Practice, NY Corporate/M&A and Litigation: General Commercial Among Newest Rankings
The 2015 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide names 52 Mintz, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.  attorneys as “Leaders in Their Fields.”
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Events & Speaking

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2023

Hot Topics in State Antitrust Enforcement

American Health Law Association

Online Event

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Oct
19
2021
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Nov
14
2019

Health and Hospital Law: MCLE BasicsPlus

MCLE Conference Center, 10 Winter Place, via Winter Street

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May
23
2019

MCLE New England's 20th Annual Hospital and Health Law Conference 2019

Hospitals and Health Systems

Ten Winter Place, Boston

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Oct
18
2018

The Long Term Care Finance Association's Conference

Surviving in Senior Care

Marlborough, MA

Moderator
Dec
8
2017

Creating Value Through Strategic Care and Operational Innovations

Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association

Boston, MA

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Apr
20
2017

The Home-Based Care: National Leadership Conference

Alliance for Home Health

San Diego, CA

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24
2015

Long Term Care and the Law

American Health Lawyers Association

Hilton New Orleans, Riverside Hotel, New Orleans, LA

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M. Daria Niewenhous

Member Emerita