Lidia Niecko-Najjum is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she provides strategic counseling on health care regulatory and policy matters. Lidia is a seasoned attorney and former nurse with over 15 years of legal and policy experience. Her practice is focused on data use, interoperability, information blocking, privacy and security, artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital therapeutics, and telehealth. Her representative clients include digital health companies, health information networks, health plans, health systems, and academic medical centers.

Lidia provides strategic counseling for the development of digital health products and services. She advises clients on best practices to reduce regulatory risk, including compliance, training, tracking, and monitoring of regulatory developments. She also advises on digital health delivery models, addressing issues related to privacy and security, interoperability and information blocking, and telehealth.

Lidia regularly engages with regulators regarding governmental inquiries and investigations, as well as the implementation of rules and regulations related to data use and protection. She has also advised on the developing Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) requirements, particularly as it relates to information exchange for “treatment” purposes.

Lidia has also led healthcare regulatory due diligence for both sellers and buyers in anticipation of transactions, which includes revising purchase agreements and master service agreements related to regulatory compliance.

Prior to practicing law, Lidia served as a senior research and policy analyst at the Association of American Medical Colleges as part of the Policy, Strategy & Outreach team. Before law school, Lidia practiced as a nurse at Georgetown University Hospital in the general medicine with telemetry unit and the GI endoscopy suite.

Lidia is fluent in Polish.