Wiener, Margo S.

Kevin Lyles practices in the areas of health care transactions, privacy and data security, and outsourcing. He co-chairs the Firm's Health Care practice and the Firm's Privacy & Data Security practice.

Kevin's health care practice focuses on significant transactions, including hospital change-in-control transactions, structuring physician/hospital joint ventures, formation of accountable care organizations and co-management arrangements, and reorganization of academic medical center relationships. Kevin also counsels clients on fraud and abuse and Stark Law compliance. He has represented hospital systems, academic medical centers, children's hospitals, physician organizations, health insurers, and pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

Kevin is experienced in privacy and data security matters, including developing data privacy and security compliance programs, cross-border data transfers, responding to data security breaches, privacy policies, identity theft prevention programs, and compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements, including HIPAA, the Red Flag Rules, the EU Data Protection Directive, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

Kevin also is an experienced outsourcing lawyer, concentrating in customer side transactions. His practice includes business process and information technology outsourcing, with significant offshoring experience. His recent experience includes the outsourcing of HR, information technology, revenue cycle, finance and accounting, and benefit plan administration services.

Kevin is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and serves as co-leader of its Electronic Health Records Affinity Group. He has served on the advisory boards for the Healthcare Outsourcing Congress, the Privacy2000 conference series, and MD Net Guide. He serves on the boards of the National Healthcare, Research and Education Finance Corporation and CATCO-Phoenix, Inc.