Health

 

Our highly experienced Health law (commercial and regulatory) team has a deep passion for the sector which makes Hive a dynamic advisor in the industry. We’re pleased to support public and private entities across a range of issues including health regulation, contracts and procurements, privacy and data protection, information technology and intellectual property.

Services

Digital health

Our health team has significant experience in digital health, working with both government and private clients in connection with digital health solutions. Relevant services include regulatory advice, privacy advice, commercial contracting and assistance with tenders.

 

Telehealth

We have extensive experience in the area of telehealth. Relevant services include:

  • clinical risk reviews and advice
  • end user terms and conditions
  • commercial contracting including outsourcing
  • privacy compliance reviews and advice
  • consumer law compliance reviews and advice

 

Private Health Insurance

Our private health insurance clients include both very large and smaller (e.g. restricted membership) health funds. Examples of services we provide to these clients include:

  • advice on the PHI Act and associated rules
  • commercial contracting including HPPAs and outsourcing
  • corporate advice including health fund mergers
  • advice on prudential compliance
  • updates and amendments to health fund rules
  • privacy compliance reviews and advice
  • consumer law compliance reviews and advice

 

Therapeutic goods

We advise on therapeutic goods, including advice on TGA approvals, TGA Advertising Code, consumer law, privacy law, commercial agreements and managing legal risk more broadly.

 

Health regulation

We advise broadly on health regulatory matters. Support we deliver:

  • health practitioner regulation
  • therapeutic goods regulation
  • regulation of health funding including Medicare benefits and insurance
  • prescribing
  • aged care
  • privacy (both Commonwealth and state/territory regimes)
  • application of general consumer law to health services.

 

Health services contracts

We have broad experience (commercial and regulatory) in preparing and advising on health services contracts, ranging from terms with individual patients to significant commercial agreements governing ongoing service provision.

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Here’s our team

Joanna Green

Joanna Green

Principal

Ella Cannon

Ella Cannon

Principal

Adrienne Trumbull

Adrienne Trumbull

Principal

Lindsay Lee

Lindsay Lee

Special Counsel

Anna Peddey

Anna Peddey

Senior Associate

Carlie Andrews

Carlie Andrews

Senior Associate

Lizanne Kleyn-De Villiers

Lizanne Kleyn-De Villiers

Senior Associate

Meenal Chand

Meenal Chand

Associate

Stephanie Karas

Stephanie Karas

Associate

Abigail Szabo

Abigail Szabo

Lawyer