Tracy M. Field 404.873.8648 [direct] 404.873.8649 [fax] tracy.field@agg.com Areas of Practice Healthcare, Life Sciences, Food and Drug Law, HIPAA

Ms. Field serves as Leader of the HIPAA Team and is a member of the Life Sciences Practice Group. Her undergraduate degree in human biology is from Stanford University. After obtaining her Masters Degree from the University of California-Berkeley, she worked in clinical genetics and reproductive biology for several years before going to law school. Ms. Field uses her clinical background to assist clients in issues involving regulatory matters for both healthcare providers and life sciences companies. Ms. Field works on HIPAA and Medicare operational and reimbursement issues. Ms. Field is a member of the Executive Committee of the HIPAA Georgia Strategic Local Implementation Process (GSLIP), the Georgia Biomedical Partnership and volunteers with the Genetics Advisory Committee to the Georgia Department of Community Health. In addition, Ms. Field has served on an institutional review board (IRB).

Professional Activities

• American Health Lawyers Association
  
• American Society of Human Genetics
  
• Georgia Department of Maternal and Child Health Newborn Screening Advisory Committee
  
• Advisory Committee, Southern HIPAA Administrative Regional Process (SHARP)

Education
J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1993
M.S. in Health and Medical Sciences, University of California-Berkeley, 1985
B.A. in Human Biology, Stanford University, 1983

Recent Publications and Speeches

• History and Anatomy of HIPAA, Georgia Institute of Continuing Education HIPAA Course, August 8, 2003 and June 6, 2003.
• How To Get Paid Under HIPAA, SHARP/CMS Audio Conference for Nursing Homes, Home Health Agencies and Hospice Organizations, April 2 and 15, 2003.
• How to Avoid HIPAA Hysteria: Implications for Clinical Trials, ACRP Regulatory/Ethics Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 8, 2003.
  
• HHS Issues Final Security Rule, February 2003.
  
• The Realities of HIPAA Are Here - Now What?, HIMSS Conference, San Diego, California, February 10, 2003.
  
• HIPAA Compliance: Understanding and Implementing the Security and Privacy Regulations - Overview, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, February 26, 2002.
  
• The Realities of HIPAA Are Here - Now What?, Presentation to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Atlanta, Georgia, January 14, 2003.
  
• IRBs, HIPAA and Long-Term Care, AMDA Foundation Long-term Care Research Network Meeting, Dallas, Texas, November 3, 2002.
  
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services HIPAA Roundtable for the Atlanta Region, Teleconference Panelist, September 25, 2002.
  
• HIPAA Without the Hype, Medical Association of Georgia Workshops, August 20 - December 4, 2002.
  
• Impact of HIPAA on the Medical Director in a SNF/ICF, Medical Director's Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, August 10, 2002.
  
• HIPAA Implementation Seminars for the Georgia Nursing Home Association (GNHA), March 12, May 30, and July 29, 2002.
  
• Senior Care Pharmacy & HIPAA: What You Need to Know to Comply, ASCP Conference on Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, D.C., March 25, 2002.
  
• Privacy Legal Considerations, Southern HIPAA Administrative Regional Process (SHARP) Conference, February 11-13, 2002.
  
• HIPAA Implementation: Case Study of Georgia Medical Records Issues, Georgia Chapter Fall Institute - Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), November 9, 2001, Savannah, Georgia.
  
• Strategies for HIPAA Implementation, Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) Regional Meeting, October 4-5, 2001.
  
• Application of HIPAA's Privacy Rules to Employers' Group Health Plans, October 2001.
  
• Privacy in the Information Age, Home Health Products Magazine, September 2001.
  
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996: Privacy Rule Takes Effect April 14, 2001, May 2001.
  
• HHS Publishes Final Rule Regulating the Privacy of Individual Health Information, January 2001.
  
• HHS Publishes Final Rule Regulating the Electronic Transfer of Health Information, September 2000.

Admitted to Practice
State of Georgia, 1993
Georgia Court of Appeals
Georgia Supreme Court
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia