Karen A. Cincione
Ms. Cincione is of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office where she is a member of both the government relations and health care groups. She provides advice on legislative and executive agency matters to Ohio and national clients. She is a registered lobbyist before the Ohio General Assembly and provides government relations counsel to clients in a variety of industries, including health care, education and energy. She represents clients before the state legislature, in the state rule-making process, and in administrative and other proceedings before state agencies, boards and commissions and local governmental entities.
Ms. Cincione represents health care providers in government relations and legal matters. She has extensive experience counseling behavioral health and other health care providers in matters related to contracting, privacy, licensure, certification, accreditation, and other regulatory issues.
Career highlights include:
- As Chief Counsel for the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, provided government relations counsel and advised the Director and Department staff regarding regulatory and compliance issues, rule-making, privacy, state contracting, public records, open meetings, and other public law issues
- As an Assistant Attorney General, represented the Ohio Department of Transportation in eminent domain cases, public contracting, rule-making, sunshine laws, public employment and other matters
Ms. Cincione is a member of the Columbus Bar Association.
Ms. Cincione has lectured on the privacy of health care information, federal and state rules governing mental health and substance abuse information, and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules. She has also made presentations regarding eminent domain law.
Ms. Cincione received her J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law and her B.A. cum laude from Miami University.
Before joining Vorys, Ms. Cincione served from 1995 to 1999 as Chief Counsel for the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. She also served from 1989 to 1995 as an Assistant Attorney General representing the Ohio Department of Transportation and other state executive agencies.
Teaching/Speaking Engagements
- Deciphering Practice and Privacy Puzzles Common to Behavioral Health Providers, Sept. 24, 2007
Publications
- "I Just Received A Subpoena - Now What?," Compliance Today, March 2009
- Ohio Statehouse Update: Ohio Election Preview
- Ohio Statehouse Update: Governor Signs Budget Into Law
- Ohio Statehouse Update - Senate Passes Budget Bill
- Ohio Statehouse Update - Senate Finance Committee Accepts Substitute Version of the Budget Bill
- Ohio Statehouse Update - Governor Kasich's Budget Proposal
- Ohio Statehouse Update - Governor's State of the State Address
- Ohio Statehouse Update - Ohio Election Summary
- Ohio Statehouse Update - Point/Counterpoint on the Upcoming Elections
- Ohio Statehouse Update
