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Jodi Daniel
Partner
Regulatory
Washington, D.C.

D202-973-8914

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  • Pioneering Expertise

    Jodi has over 30 years of leadership in digital health innovation, including 15 years as a senior policymaker at HHS, where she helped shape foundational regulations, including the HIPAA Privacy Rule and health data interoperability standards.

  • Strategic Counsel on Innovative Health Technologies

    Jodi provides strategic advice on complex legal and regulatory issues related to health data, including AI, electronic health records, digital therapeutics, health data platforms, remote monitoring tools, mobile health apps, and more.

  • Trusted Policy Advisor and Advocate

    Jodi regularly engages with federal agencies and policymakers—including the ASTP/ONC, CMS, OCR, FDA, and HHS—to shape policy and advance client goals in a fast-evolving health tech landscape.

Jodi Daniel is a nationally recognized leader in digital health law and policy, trusted by health care organizations and technology innovators to navigate the complex and dynamic regulatory landscape of digital health and wellness. With over 30 years of experience in healthcare innovation—including 15 years as a lawyer and senior policymaker at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—Jodi leverages her extensive experience in digital health and health data to deliver strategic, practical advice to clients engaged in groundbreaking products and services that raise novel legal, policy, and ethical issues.

As one of the first digital health lawyers and a founding Director at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) at HHS, Jodi helped shape the foundation of digital health regulation. She brings unmatched insight into emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, health information networks, remote monitoring tools, EHRs, mobile health applications, digital therapeutics, health data platforms, and data analytics tools.  

Jodi was a key developer of cornerstone rules that govern data use and digital health, including the HIPAA Privacy Rule and Enforcement Rule, health data interoperability regulations, and the standards for information blocking. She has led efforts to advance patient access to data and worked closely with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). She has advised Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, and White House policy officials across three administrations. 

At Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Jodi is a key member of the Digital Health and Data, Privacy, and Cybersecurity practices, based in the Washington, D.C., office. She advises health tech companies, providers, payers, life sciences companies, and other clients on regulatory issues, including data access and use, privacy and security, interoperability, health information exchange, information blocking, AI governance, telehealth, and FDA oversight. She also advocates for clients for policy development and regulatory reforms.

Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Jodi founded and led the digital health practice and a health policy consultancy at Crowell & Moring LLP.

Experience

Jodi Daniel is a nationally recognized leader in digital health law and policy, trusted by health care organizations and technology innovators to navigate the complex and dynamic regulatory landscape of digital health and wellness. With over 30 years of experience in healthcare innovation—including 15 years as a lawyer and senior policymaker at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—Jodi leverages her extensive experience in digital health and health data to deliver strategic, practical advice to clients engaged in groundbreaking products and services that raise novel legal, policy, and ethical issues.

As one of the first digital health lawyers and a founding Director at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) at HHS, Jodi helped shape the foundation of digital health regulation. She brings unmatched insight into emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, health information networks, remote monitoring tools, EHRs, mobile health applications, digital therapeutics, health data platforms, and data analytics tools.  

Jodi was a key developer of cornerstone rules that govern data use and digital health, including the HIPAA Privacy Rule and Enforcement Rule, health data interoperability regulations, and the standards for information blocking. She has led efforts to advance patient access to data and worked closely with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). She has advised Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, and White House policy officials across three administrations. 

At Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Jodi is a key member of the Digital Health and Data, Privacy, and Cybersecurity practices, based in the Washington, D.C., office. She advises health tech companies, providers, payers, life sciences companies, and other clients on regulatory issues, including data access and use, privacy and security, interoperability, health information exchange, information blocking, AI governance, telehealth, and FDA oversight. She also advocates for clients for policy development and regulatory reforms.

Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Jodi founded and led the digital health practice and a health policy consultancy at Crowell & Moring LLP.

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Wilson Sonsini Practices, Attorneys Recognized in 2026 Chambers USA Guide
The 2026 Chambers USA guide has recognized Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a leading law firm in 44 geography-specific practice categories and named 87 Wilson Sonsini attorneys among the best in their fields. This year, the firm received four new practice area rankings, including in the nationwide National Security and Capital Markets: Convertible Debt categories, and three improved practice area rankings.
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Jodi Daniel Quoted by KFF Health News and CNN on Healthcare Privacy Concerns
Wilson Sonsini partner Jodi Daniel was recently quoted in a KFF Health News article, which was also featured by CNN. The piece, titled "Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records," explores the Trump administration's notice regarding access to medical records of federal workers, retirees, and their families. The proposal has raised concerns about whether the collection meets requirements under the HIPAA privacy rules, which only allows health plans to disclose individually identifiable health information for limited purposes and even then only the minimum necessary. Concerns have also been raised about the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) having access to large amounts of health information, which would no longer be subject to HIPAA. Jodi, who played a pivotal role in shaping the legal framework for the HIPAA privacy rules over 20 years ago, commented, “The language in it [the OPM notice] seems quite broad and encompasses potentially a lot of information and data and is light on justification."
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The L Suite 2026 TechGC New York Digital Health Forum
Wilson Sonsini will sponsor The L Suite 2026 TechGC New York Digital Health Forum, a half-day event designed for general counsel and chief legal officers in the industry. Multiple content sessions will explore emerging legal challenges, including oversight of AI-enabled products, compliance obligations for data sharing, and expanding liability tied to model transparency and data provenance. Participants will discuss how evolving FDA, CMS, and DEA priorities are shaping both legal and business strategy.
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Privacy, AI & the Future of HIPAA with the Former Founding Director of ONC
Join Digital Health partner Jodi Daniel for her upcoming discussion with Second Opinion Media’s Chrissy Farr.
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