Pat is an attorney who focuses his practice on representing health care organizations and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional–US (CIPP–US). He advises clients on a broad spectrum of health care regulatory, clinical trial, data privacy, PBM, health care technology, and transactional matters. He has experience drafting and negotiating health care services agreements and with technology transactions as well as counseling clients on state licensure rules, compliance with fraud and abuse laws, privacy and data protection issues, and the Interoperability and Information Blocking Rules under the 21st Century Cures Act.
Prior to joining Mintz, Pat was corporate counsel for a Massachusetts-based company that provides products and services to individuals with renal disease. In that role, he provided counsel on a broad range of regulatory and compliance matters and drafted and negotiated acute care and other health services agreements. Earlier, he was an assistant general counsel for information technology with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, where he negotiated technology transaction agreements and assisted with privacy issues. He also previously worked as an attorney with a Massachusetts-based consulting company focused on health care cost containment.
Pat earned his JD with a concentration in Health & Biomedical Law, with distinction. In law school, he served as chief content editor of Suffolk Law’s Journal of Health & Biomedical Law.
While attending law school, Pat worked in the development office of a teaching hospital affiliated with a preeminent medical school. He also served as a legal intern in the hospital’s Office of the General Counsel and as a certified student attorney with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
Before law school, Pat worked as sports writer and an editor for B2B health care and technology publications.
Pat is an editor of and contributor to the firm's Health Care Viewpoints.
viewpoints
340B Program Administrative Dispute Resolution Final Rule: Key Takeaways
May 16, 2024 | Blog | By Abdie Santiago, Pat Ouellette
ACA Section 1557 Final Rule: OCR Prohibits Discrimination Related to Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
April 29, 2024 | Blog | By Pat Ouellette
Navigating Health Tech: Regulations for AI/ML in Medical Devices and Software
April 16, 2024 | Video | By Benjamin Zegarelli, Pat Ouellette
HHS Health Care Cybersecurity Performance Goals: Proposed Incentives, Penalties and Compliance Standards Review
April 4, 2024 | Blog | By Pat Ouellette
New Mexico Latest State to Expand Medicaid Behavioral Health Program, Add Mobile Crisis Intervention Program
February 21, 2024 | Blog | By Pat Ouellette, Kathryn Edgerton
Health Law Diagnosed — Mintz Health Law Team: Reflecting on What We Are Grateful For
February 5, 2024 | Podcast | By Bridgette Keller
CMS Announces New Model for the Delivery of Integrated Behavioral and Physical Health Care
February 5, 2024 | Blog | By Kathryn Edgerton, Pat Ouellette
CMS will circulate a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) in spring of 2024 and select up to eight states to participate in the IBH Model, which is expected to last for eight years. Selected states will align with their respective state Medicaid agencies (SMAs) on clinical policies for integrated care and work with Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) or other partners for model development and implementation.
Health Care Privacy and Security in 2024: Six Critical Topics to Watch
January 25, 2024 | Blog | By Dianne Bourque, Madison Castle, Lara Compton, Ellen Janos, Pat Ouellette, Cassandra Paolillo
HHS, ONC HTI-1 Final Rule Introduces New Transparency Requirements for Artificial Intelligence in Certified Health IT
January 8, 2024 | Blog | By Pat Ouellette
HHS Proposes Plan to Advance Cyber Resiliency in Health Care; OCR Settles Phishing Attack Investigation
December 12, 2023 | Blog | By Pat Ouellette
News & Press
Fifty-Nine Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 12, 2023
Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D 2022 Final Rule
April 28, 2021
Analyzing the First Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) Enforcement Action and Its Application to Federal and State False Claims Statutes
February 5, 2020
Comparing and Contrasting AKS and EKRA Safe Harbors: Clinical Lab Impact
September 9, 2019
The Practical Impact of Ariana M. v. Humana Health Plan of Tex., Inc. on ERISA Denials of Benefits
May 1, 2018
Class Arguing False Advertising of Health Supplement Meets Sixth Circuit's Moderate Rule 23 Standards
January 1, 2016
Events & Speaking
Recognition & Awards
Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars: Health Care (2023)
Involvement
- Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals