Ashton advises clients on data privacy compliance and healthcare regulatory matters, helping them navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
Known for his in-depth background in consumer and healthcare data privacy, Ashton has built a reputation as a results-oriented professional who provides practical, efficient counsel to clients facing increasingly complex and frequently changing data privacy laws and regulations. Ashton holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional - United States (CIPP/US) certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). His data privacy practice includes assisting clients with matters related to:
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance.
- State Consumer and Healthcare Privacy Law Compliance.
- Children’s Privacy Compliance.
- Data Breach Response.
- Data Processing Agreement (DPA) and Business Associate Agreement (BAA) Negotiation.
Beyond his privacy practice, Ashton leverages his Master of Health Administration degree to provide regulatory counsel to healthcare providers and industry partners, including hospitals, health systems, physician groups, long-term care facilities, insurers, and other healthcare entities, on a broad range of compliance and operational issues, including matters related to healthcare operations, licensing, and patient consent.
His goal is to deliver the answers and solutions clients need, as efficiently as possible, with advice tailored to the practical realities of their business.