Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is a Martindale-Hubble “AV-Preeminent (Top 1%) rated practicing attorney and management consultant, health industry public policy advocate, widely published author and lecturer, recognized as “Top Rated Lawyer,” in Health Care Law and Labor and Employment Law; a D Magazine “Best Lawyers In Dallas” in the fields of “Health Care,” “Labor & Employment,” “Tax: ERISA & Employee Benefits” and “Business and Commercial Law,” a LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® “LEGAL LEADERTM and “Top Woman Lawyer,” and a Fellow in the American Bar Foundation, the Texas Bar Foundation and the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel sought out for her extensive knowledge and more than 30 years’ of cutting edge work, scholarship and thought leadership helping domestic, foreign and multinational heath care, life sciences, insurance, data and technology, research, finance, government, and other domestic and international businesses and governments develop, use and defend legally compliant practices, tools, data and other knowledge and processes to anticipate, innovate and manage people, performance, risk and compliance.
With health care innovation and management a key focus of her work throughout her career, Ms. Stamer’s experience includes extensive work domestically and internationally with public and private health care providers and organizations, managed care, insurance, workforce, data and technology, payroll, staffing, financial services, actuarial and other risk management, technology, life sciences and other research, marketing, education, defense, energy, accounting, elections, domestic and foreign governments and a diverse array of other organizations on the development, use, risk management, implementation, regulation, and other concerns associated with Artificial Intelligence and other knowledge, data and information and information systems in their operations.
Author of “HIPAA Privacy,” E-Health and Technology, and a multitude of other highly-regarded works and training programs on health care, insurance and financial security related technology, data and other privacy and security, and other legal and operational concerns published by Bloomberg-BNA, the American Bar Association (“ABA”), the American Health Lawyers’ Association, and other premier legal and industry publishers and scribe for the ABA JCEB Annual Agency Meeting with the Office of Civil Rights, Ms. Stamer’s experience includes leading edge work on health IT development, innovation and deployment including advising, representing, and defending health industry and other clients about both new uses of data and technology, and the legal, operational, public policy and practical concerns involved in the development, ownership, collection, access, use, analysis, automation, administration, ownership, protection, contracting, licensing, analysis, sale, confidentiality, protection and security, marketing and a diverse range of other concerns associated with AI and other data and knowledge systems, uses, and processes for disease management, patient recordkeeping and management, billing, quality, marketing, workforce, research, and other purposes. In addition to helping her clients anticipate and properly understand and negotiate the legal and operational opportunities, limitations, risks and liabilities associated with the development and use of these tools and practices, Ms. Stamer’s experience also includes design, establishment, documentation, implementation, audit and enforcement of policies, procedures, systems and safeguards, drafting and negotiation of data collection, analysis, automation, and other systems and processes; licensing, business associate, chain of custody, confidentiality, and other contracting; risk assessments, audits and other risk prevention and mitigation; investigation, reporting, mitigation and resolution of regulatory or other incidents; public policy and regulatory affairs; and defending investigations or other actions by domestic OCR, FTC, DOJ, state attorneys’ general and other federal or state agencies; foreign governmental agencies; other business partners, patients and others; public policy and regulatory affairs advocacy; reporting known or suspected violations; commenting or obtaining other clarification of guidance and other regulatory affairs, training and enforcement, and a host of other related activities.
Valued as a knowledgeable and pragmatic thought leader for her extensive work and experience with health IT, workforce, financial and other systems, data and processes and controls, Ms. Stamer also regularly provides input and works with Congressional, state and foreign legislators, ONC, OCR, the FTC, and other federal and state regulators and industry on public policy and regulatory affairs concerns.
Vice-Chair of the ABA International Section Life Sciences and Health Committee, the ABA TIPS Medicine and Law Committee, the ABA Intellectual Property Section Law Practice Management Committee; former ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group Chair and E-Health and Technology Vice Chair; RPTE Employee Benefits Group Chair, ABA Joint Committee of Employee Benefits Council Representative and ABA TIPS Employee Benefit and Workers’ Compensation Committee Vice Chair, Ms. Stamer also shares her thought leadership, advocacy and knowledge through her service, presentations, publications and other involvements with the ABA, ISSA, HIMMS, National Physicians Council for Health Care Policy, Project COPE; Coalition on Patient Empowerment; and a multitude of other professional, trade and community organizations.
A former adjunct professor at the University of Dallas Graduate School of Management, Ms. Stamer also is a sought-out lecturer and widely published author and columnist. She regularly conducts training and workshops for business leaders, boards, employees, and others. Her insights have been quoted in the CEO Magazine, CFO Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Business Insurance, various Bloomberg Law publications, the Dallas and Houston Business Journals, the Dallas Morning News, Modern Health Care, Managed Healthcare Executive, Health Leaders, Caring for The Elderly Magazine, For The Record, Spencer Publications and many others.