Patricia A. Markus

Patricia A. Markus is a partner with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Raleigh, N.C.,where she represents health care providers and related organizations across the country on an array of regulatory compliance, reimbursement, licensure and operational matters, with a special focus on issues surrounding health information privacy, security and technology. She provides strategic and practical advice regarding HIPAA and other data privacy and security laws, information-blocking and interoperability requirements, tele health and health information exchange initiatives, technology licensing and services arrangements, cybersecurity risks and data breach prevention and response, clinical research and patient care issues, and compliance and fraud and abuse matters. Ms. Markus works with physicians, hospitals, accountable care organizations, post-acute care facilities, behavioral health and sub-stance use disorder facilities, and pharmacies on licensure and reimbursement matters, acquisitions and divestitures. She writes frequently and speaks nationally on health care topics. Ms. Markus is the current president-elect designate of the American Health Law Association and is a past chair of AHLA’s Health Information and Technology Practice Group. A Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, she is listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers in Health Care and as one of the “Top 50 Women” attorneys inNorth Carolina (2015). In addition, she has been listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business - Healthcare since 2016 and in The Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Law annually since 2009, and in 2020 she was voted Lawyer of the Year for Healthcare Law in Raleigh. Ms. Markus received her undergraduate degree with honors in English from Haverford College and her J.D. fromBoston College Law School.