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Robin A. Johnson, Esq.

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Robin A. Johnson, Esq.

Robin A. Johnson is a graduate of Hamline University, in St. Paul, Minnesota, magna cum laude, and of Brown University where she received a Master’s degree in sociology. At Brown, she was the recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health fellowship in medical sociology. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law. Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Johnson practiced law for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and for the private law firms of Hutchins & Wheeler (now, Nixon Peabody) in Boston and Bowditch & Dewey in Worcester. Additionally, for nearly six years, Ms. Johnson was the Senior Medical Center Counsel at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (including the medical school, hospital and faculty group practice).

In June 1994, Ms. Johnson established her own law firm concentrating in the representation of health care providers and other nonprofit institutions. At the same time she served as Counsel to the firm of Schwartz, Shaw and Griffith until June 1, 2000 when she became a founding shareholder in Johnson & Aceto, LLP. Her practice focuses upon nonprofit corporations and reimbursement, licensure, accreditation, and compliance on behalf of community mental health centers, hospitals, clinics, home health agencies, large physician practices, accreditation agencies, and trade associations of health care providers.

Ms. Johnson is a past Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association Health Law Section. She is currently a member of the Boston Bar Association Health Law Steering Committee and Co-Chair of the Boston Bar Association HIPAA Task Force. She is also the Chair of the Enforcement Sub-Workgroup of WEDi/SNIP’s Privacy and Security Workgroup, and she is a consultant with the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare in Rockville, MD. Ms. Johnson is a frequent speaker on legal topics at trade and professional association meetings. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Bethany Hill School, Inc. in Framingham, MA and is also the Secretary of the Corporation For Sponsored Ministries of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston.

Publications:

• Contributor and Author of Chapter 9 “Health Information Privacy”, Massachusetts Health Law Manual, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, (Summer, 2004)

• Robin A. Johnson, “Living With HIPAA: Part 2 – Conducting an Internal Investigation”, NCNews (National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare) (April, 2004)

• Robin A. Johnson, “Living With HIPAA: Part 1 — Enforcement of the Privacy Rule Today”, NCNews, (National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare) (March, 2004)

• D. Wilkerson & R. Johnson, “HIPAA Privacy Regulations: Implications for CARF and Accredited Programs”, CARF Connection, Special Issue, (December, 2003)

• Contributor, Enforcement Rule – Version 1.0, WEDi – Strategic National Implementation Project (SNIP), Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (Security & Privacy Workgroup, Enforcement Rule Sub-Workgroup) Reston, VA (November, 2003)

• Robin A. Johnson, “Enforcement and Liability: Improper Disclosures of Protected Health Information Under HIPAA”, NCNews (National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare) February, 2003

• R. Johnson & S. Parker, “Finding the Right HIPAA Consultant or Legal Advisor”, NCNews, (National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare) January, 2002

• Bellucci, Johnson & Thornton, HIPAA For Behavioral Health – Policies and Procedures Toolkit, National Council For Community Behavioral Healthcare, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 320, Rockville, MD 20852 (2002)

• Robin A. Johnson, “How Does HIPAA Work With Your State Privacy Laws”, NCNews, (National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare) October, 2001

• R. Johnson-Dimieri, “HIPAA — Part I — Standards for Electronic Transactions”, Boston Bar Association Health Law Section Newsletter (January/February 2001)

• R. Johnson & M. Prager, “Case Challenges Medicaid’s Third Party Liability Recoupments: Atlanticare Medical Center v. Warring”, Boston Bar Association Health Law Section Newsletter (September, 2001)

• M. Bellucci, R. Johnson-Dimieri, S. Parker, and M. Thornton, The HIPAA Handbook: What Community Behavioral Healthcare Organizations Need to Know About HIPAA, National Council For Community Behavioral Healthcare, 2001

• R. Johnson-Dimieri and A. Stampfer, Creating Organized Systems of Care: A Manual on Strategic Alliances For Community Mental Health Centers, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Corporations of Massachusetts, Inc., April, 1995

• Paul Appelbaum, M.D. and Robin Dimieri, “Protecting Staff From Patient Assault: OSHA Steps In”, Psychiatric Services, April, 1995

• R. Dimieri, “OSHA and Workplace Violence in Psychiatric Units”, Forum (Publication of Risk Management Foundation of Harvard Medical Institutions), Winter, 1995

• Robin J. Dimieri & Stephen M. Weiner, “The Public Interest and Governing Boards of Nonprofit Health Care Institutions,” 34 Vand. L. Rev. 1029 (1981), cited in Cinicola v. Scharffenberger, 248 F. 3d 110, 114 (3d Cir. 2001) and B. Gray, The New Health Care For-Profit, National Academy Press (1983 at 33)

• Robin A. Johnson, Social Characteristics and Health Status: An Analysis of Survey Data, M.A. Thesis, Sociology, Brown University, 1972.