Elana Bengualid is an associate in Ropes & Gray’s health care group and regularly collaborates with the data, privacy & cybersecurity group. Elana provides strategic advice to a diverse array of health care clients—including providers, payors, pharmaceutical companies, clinical laboratories, digital health innovators, and investors—on complex regulatory, compliance, enforcement, and transactional matters.
A core component of Elana’s practice is offering strategic guidance on health care data privacy, cybersecurity, and consumer protection issues. She has significant experience with HIPAA and state data privacy law compliance, data incident response, cybersecurity preparedness, and regulatory investigations. Elana also assists clients in navigating the dynamic legal and regulatory landscape surrounding artificial intelligence and machine learning in the health care sector.