Alexandria M. Foster

Alexandria Foster provides regulatory, licensure, and corporate advice to a wide range of health care clients including physician practice groups, surgery centers, hospitals, on-site employer clinics, and senior living facilities. Ms. Foster assists these clients with a variety of matters including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, advising on HIPAA and state privacy law issues, implementing telemedicine policies, assisting with complex transactions, providing counsel for professional licensing actions, and advising on day-to-day operational issues. She also counsels health care clients on scope of practice issues and pharmaceutical regulatory compliance.

Ms. Foster also works with the firm’s health care clients on employment-related matters including negotiating employment agreements, drafting several agreements, and assisting with non-competition issues. Ms. Foster also assists clients with general business matters including entity formation and dissolution and drafting all organizational documents including operating agreements, buy-sell agreements, subscription agreements, and confidentiality agreements.

In addition to her practice, Ms. Foster also serves as a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. 

Publications

• Co-Author, "OCR Shows Unwavering Commitment to Right of Access Initiative," Indiana Lawyer (July 2021)
• Co-Author, "Show Me the Records: OCR Holds Providers Accountable Under HIPAA Right of Access Initiative," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (January 2021)
• Co-Author, "Court of Appeals Clears the Way for CMS's Hospital Price Transparency Rule," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter, (December 2020)
• Co-Author, "Animals Welcome? Legal Protections for Assistance Animals," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter, November 2020
• Co-Author, "CMS's Dramatic Price Transparency Rule Set to Take Effect January 1, 2021," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (October 2020)
• Co-Author, "OCR Relaxes Enforcement for Pandemic-Related Discolsures of PHI During Public Health Emergency," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter, (April 2020)
• Co-Author, "The CARES Act: Provisions Relevant to Health Care Providers & Access to Health Care Services," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (March 2020)
• Co-Author, "Disclosure of Protected Health Information to Emergency Personnel and Public Health Authorities During COVID-10," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter, March 2020
• Co-Author, "DEA Removes In-Person Examination Requirement for Prescribing Controlled Substances Amid COVID-19 Public Health Emergency," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (March 2020)
• Co-Author, "OCR Temporarily Lessens HIPAA Requirements for Telecommunications in Wake of COVID-19," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (March 2020)
• Co-Author, "CMS and OIG Temporarily Clear Regulatory Obstacles to Expand Telehealth Coverage to Address COVID-19," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newletter, March 2020
• Co-Author, “Failure to Encrypt Mobile Devices Results in a $3 Million Mistake,” Krieg DeVault Healthcare Newsletter (February 2020)
• Co-Author, “Failure to Report HIPAA Breaches Results in Costly Fine and Corrective Action Plan,” Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (February 2020)
• Co-Author, "How to Protect Your Health Care Organization from the Next HIPAA Breach," American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives E-Newsletter (November 2019)
• Co-Author, "OCR Holds True to Right of Access Initiative with First Enforcement Action," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (October 2019)
• Co-Author, "Patients Say the Darndest Things: Providers Risk Disclosing PHI in Response to Online Reviews," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (October 2019)
• Co-Author, "INSPECT Requirements for Prescriber Delegates," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (September 2019)
• Co-Author, "CMS Issues Final Rule Easing Restriction on Arbitration Agreements in Long Term Care Setting," Indiana Health Care Association/Indiana Center for Assisted Living Newsletter (September 2019)
• Co-Author, "CMS Issues Final Rule Easing Restriction on Arbitration Agreements in Long Term Care Setting," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (August 2019)
• Co-Author, "Changes to Indiana Physical Therapy Practice Act Provide Greater Authority to Physical Therapists," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (July 2019)
• Co-Author, "Responding to Online Patient Reviews: Legal and Practical Considerations for Optometrists," Indiana Optometry News (June 2019)
• Co-Author, "Direct HIPAA Enforcement Liability for Business Associates," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (June 2019)
• Co-Author, "Revisions to Indiana Physician Assistant Laws Change Relationship from Supervisory to Collaborative", Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (June, 2019)
• Co-Author, "HHS Announces Changes to Maximum Monetary Penalties for HIPAA Violations," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (May 2019)
• Co-Author, "HIPAA, Individual Rights and Personal Representatives," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (April 2019)
• Co-Author, "OCR Concludes Investigation of Allegations that the State of Hawaii Unlawfully Discriminated Against Pregnancy Resource Centers," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (April 2019)
• Co-Author, "HIPAA Violation Leads to Criminal Conviction of Former Patient Coordinator," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (March 2019)
• Co-Author, "OCR Breaks All-Time Record in 2018 with Final HIPAA Settlement for the Year," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (February 2019)
• Co-Author, "Responding to Online Patient Reviews: Legal and Practical Considerations for Physicians," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (January 2019)
• Co-Author, "Failure To Terminate Access to PHI Leads to HIPAA Violation," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (December 2018)
• Co-Author, "Protecting Patient Information: The Importance of a Business Associate Agreement Under HIPAA," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter (December 2018)
• Alexandria Foster, Note, Unfinished Uniformity in Systematic Sentencing: Oppressive Treatment and Disproportionate Punishment Outcomes for Black Women in Federal Prisons, 6 Ind. J. L. & Soc. Equality 2 (2018)

Presentations & Events

• Co-Presenter, "Take the Surprise Out of Surprise Billing Laws," Indiana Medical Group Management Association, 2021
• Co-Presenter, "Overview of HIPAA, Recent Enforcement Actions, and Best Practices to Prevent HIPAA Violations," Franklin College Physician Assistants Program, 2021
• Presenter, "Prescribing and Dispensing Drugs: What Physician Assistants Need to Know," Butler University, College of Pharmacy Health Sciences, Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program, 2021
• Co-Presenter, "Medicaid Supplemental Payments," Eskenazi Health, 2020
• Presenter, "Understanding Your First Physician Assistant Employment Agreement and Collaboration Requirements," Butler University, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program, 2020
• Co-Presenter, “HIPAA Refresher and Recent Updates, OCR’s Latest Enforcement Actions and Compliance Guidance During COVID-19,” Indiana State Bar Association, 2020
• Co-Presenter, "Negotiating Your Anesthesiologist Assistant Employment Agreement and Understanding Your Supervisory Requirements," Indiana University School of Medicine, Anesthesiologist Assistant Program, Department of Anesthesia, 2020
• Presenter, "Understanding Your First Physician Assistant Employment Agreement and Collaboration Requirements," Butler University, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program, 2019
• Presenter, "Understanding Your First Physician Assistant Employment Agreement and Collaboration Requirements," Indiana University - Purdue University, School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program, 2019
• Co-Presenter, "Overview of Recent OCR Guidance and Enforcement Actions," Indiana State Bar Association 10th Annual Health Law Symposiusm, 2019
• Co-Presenter, "Cybersecurity: Challenges and Trends," Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Kelley School of Business, Business of Medicine MBA Program, 2019
• Co-Presenter, "Overview of HIPAA and Recent Enforcement Actions and Best Practices to Prevent HIPAA Violations," Franklin College Physician Assistants Program, 2019
• Co-Presenter, "Telehealth Law in Indiana," Eskenazi Health, 2019

Professional Associations

• Indiana State Bar Association, Member
  • Health Law Section, Member-at-Large
• Indianapolis Bar Association, Member
• American Health Lawyers Association, Member
• Executive Women in Healthcare, Member
• Indiana Privacy & Security Network, Member

Certifications

• Legal Lean Sigma® White Belt

Education

• J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 2018
  
  • Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality, Notes and Comments Editor;
  • Admissions Department Fellow;
  • Sherman Minton Moot Court Competitor;
  • Black Law Students Association (President, 2016-2017)
• B.A. in Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2015
  
  • University Honors, 2011-2015

Bar & Court Admissions

• Indiana (2018)
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (2018)
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (2018)

Practices

• Compliance and Regulatory Affairs
• Health Information Privacy/HIPAA
• Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Law
• Hospitals and Health Systems
• Telehealth and Telemedicine
• Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
• Medicaid Strategy and Health Policy

Industries

• Health Care