Jeffery P. Drummond's areas of expertise include representing hospitals and other health care providers, physicians and physician groups, research organizations, laboratories, and managed care entities, such as HMOs, PPOs, IPAs, and PHOs, in mergers and acquisitions of health care entities, formation and dissolution of corporations and partnerships, development of joint ventures (including ambulatory surgery centers and physician-owned hospitals), negotiation and formation of managed care networks, private placement of and tender offer for securities, and the issuance of over $2 billion of health care and tax-exempt financings. He regularly advises clients regarding compliance with health care, pharmaceutical, and tax exemption laws and regulations. Mr. Drummond is a frequent speaker on medical record privacy and security issues and HIPAA, and advises clients regarding compliance with those laws and regulations.

Attorney Profile: Jeff Drummond — Wired in to the health industry

• 1987, Texas

• The HITECH Effect: New Regulations May Require HIPAA Document Changes

• HITECH Provisions of HIPAA Effective TODAY!

• "Red Flags" Delayed Again; Lawyers in the Clear (for Now)

• Red Flags Update: Yet Another Delay

• FTC Grants Three-Month Delay in Enforcement of Red Flags Rule

• Health Care Law e-Brief -- Red Flags on May 1: FTC Rules for Detecting Identity Theft Go Into Effect

• Health Care Law e-Brief -- The Economic Stimulus Bill: What's in it for the Health Care, Technology, and Life Science Industries?

• Dotting the I's and Crossing the T's: Failure to Update Contract Results in Stark Violation

• CMS Unveils New Claim Denial Code for Stark Violations

• CMS Issues New Stark Regulations

• CMS Publishes New Stark Rules

• HHS Issues First Non-Criminal HIPAA Penalties

• Beware of Labs Bearing Gifts: OIG Advises That Free Services to Referral Sources Can Bring Sanctions

• HCFAC Annual Report Released: $2.2 Billion in Recoveries

• Physician Recruitment in Rural Areas: Stark Phase III Gives Some Relief

• HealthBrief - Fall 2007

• Get It (Now), Use It and Share It (Soon): CMS Grants Some Leeway on NPI Implementation

• Pre-Active Enforcement: Federal Court Rules Stark II Statute Applicable Despite Lack of Final Regulations

• Risky Business: Woe Be Unto the Transgressor -- CMS Issues HIPAA Security Guidance

• Risky Business: If Your Contingency Planning Doesn't Address Lost or Stolen Data Storage Devices, It Should

• HealthBrief - Fall 2006

• Public Entities and HIPAA: When Public Information Laws and HIPAA collide

• Hidden HIPAA Hurdles

• HealthBrief - Fall 2005

• Is Data and Software Solution Standardization the Wave of the Future?

• HealthBrief - Fall 2003

• Proposed Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule to Become Final

• Jackson Walker E-Alert: Final modifications to the HIPAA privacy rule

• Jackson Walker E-Alert: contracting with Arthur Andersen

• Relief For Providers With Corporate Integrity Agreement and Agreements with Arthur Andersen

• Model Extension Request Form

• Guidance on HIPAA'S Privacy Regulations Issued

• No Brakes: HIPAA Privacy Rule Rolls Forward