Andrea L. Frey

Andrea Frey is co-chair of the firm’s Digital Health Task Force. Her practice focuses on corporate and health care regulatory matters, with an emphasis on health privacy and data issues, digital health, licensure and certification, scope of practice, and medical staff matters.

In particular, Ms. Frey regularly assists clients, including hospitals, health systems, health care districts, digital health providers, and emerging health care businesses, navigate federal and state laws governing privacy and digital health, including COVID-19 public health emergency waivers, as well as a broad range of transactional and related regulatory issues. Ms. Frey also advises clients on various compliance issues in connection with medical staff matters, including internal operations and self-governance, provider licensure and credentialing, and delegation agreements.

Ms. Frey graduated from Tufts University cum laude with degrees in Economics, International Relations, and Spanish in 2009, and received her J.D. with honors from University of Washington, where she served as the Associate Editor in Chief of the Washington International Law Journal, while simultaneously earning her Master of Public Health in Health Policy in 2016.

Professional Affiliations

• 2022 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Pathfinder
• American Health Lawyers Association, Vice Chair of Networking for the ECPC 
• California Society of Healthcare Attorneys, Publications Committee
• Women in Health Care Executives

Honors & Awards

• Recognized by Best Lawyers Ones to Watch, 2022-2023
• Recognized by The Burton Awards as 2018 Finest Law Firm Writers

Presentations & Speaking Engagements

• LACBA; Telehealth in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic World, October 7, 2021
• CAMSS 50th Annual Educational Forum: Politely Saying You're on Mute and other Lessons Learned from Covid-19, July 15, 2021
• California Telehealth Policy Coalition Annual Meeting, Telehealth Legal Issues, November 16, 2020
• CHA, Telehealth/Privacy Legal Issues Presentation, February 13, 2020

News

Health Law Perspectives

Other Publications

Publications

• Update: The California Lawyer’s Covid-19 Telehealth Toolkit, 2022
• Telemedicine Can Help to Combat the Opioid Epidemic, The Daily Journal, July 23, 2018
• Telehealth Law Handbook: A Practical Guide to Virtual Care, January 2018, (co-author)
• CEB; Privacy, Chapter 1: Challenges of Privacy Compliance and Litigation, April 2021
• CEB; Privacy, Chapter 3: Information Security, April 2021
• AHLA Health Law Watch: Chapter 7: Post-Pandemic Telehealth Arrangements: Established Authority, Changing Requirements, and Industry Volatility (May 2021)
• Article in ABA Health Law: "Navigating Crisis Standards and Scarce Resources During the COVID Pandemic," April 2021