Healthcare and Privacy Lawyers

DMC Law’s mission is to provide client-centered, high-quality legal services focused on health privacy and healthcare operations. We serve a diverse range of healthcare providers and businesses, including behavioral health practitioners, federally qualified health centers, and both emerging and established health tech companies. Our work is grounded in a commitment to practical, compliance-focused solutions that support each client’s goals and operational realities.

Health Privacy

Healthcare Operations/ Outside General Counsel

Health Tech

Behavioral Health Clinicians and Practices

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Dena M. Castricone, CIPP/US, CIPM

Dena M. Castricone founded DMC Law to help clients meet their privacy and healthcare related legal needs. As a former partner in a respected regional law firm and general counsel and chief of privacy at one of the largest federally qualified health centers in the country, Dena not only understands privacy and healthcare law but she also appreciates operational challenges that organizations face.

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In The News

OCR Letter: Parents Must Have Access Minors’ Non-Confidential PHI in Patient Portals

December 4, 2025

On December 3, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a “Dear Colleague” letter addressing parental access to protected health information (PHI) of minors under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. For the first time, OCR explicitly asserts that parents must have access to all [...]

Off the Record: How to Handle Psychotherapy Notes Under HIPAA

October 27, 2025

Not all behavioral health records are created equal. Under HIPAA, psychotherapy notes receive special protections that other behavioral health records do not. What Are Psychotherapy Notes? “Psychotherapy notes” are a very narrowly defined set of notes that exist only if the notes meet two requirements: (1) they may contain only [...]