Kazu Sano is a principal of JK Health Information Privacy Advisors, a professional corporation -- a consulting firm/law firm specializing in all aspects of HIPAA Privacy and Security compliance. Kazu’s health care practice focuses on health information privacy, HIPAA, health information technology, and state and federal regulatory compliance. Kazu advises clients across the health care industry including health care providers, hospitals, IPA’s, regional health authorities, health care districts, and hospitalist companies, in some cases as data providers/data users in the RHIO setting. Catholic Healthcare West listed Kazu as a HIPAA Privacy resource for its attending physicians, and Kazu’s clients have ranged from a NASDAQ-listed company in the Bay Area to a solo-doctor practice in Southern California.

Kazu spent the majority of his legal career before becoming a principal of the firm with the Chicago office of the New York law firm, Skadden Arps -- one of the largest law firms in the country.

Kazu spent the year after graduating from law school as a law clerk for the late Justice Stanley Mosk of the Supreme Court of California.

Honors & Awards

Named a Northern California “Super Lawyer,” 2004 & 2005 (judged to be in the top 5 percent of the legal profession based on peer-review surveys in which California attorneys and a blue-ribbon panel vote on the legal abilities of other lawyers with whom they have practiced). In 2004, only 14 health lawyers were so honored, and of these, only Kazu listed HIPAA Security and Privacy compliance as a practice area.

Membership & Activities

Chair, Health Law Committee of the California State Bar, 2006-2007.

Chair, Health Law Section of the San Francisco Bar Association's Barristers Club, 2002-2003.

Representative matters

Education

Speaking Engagements

Kazu frequently serves as a seminar faculty member, speaking on a variety of
privacy and security topics, including at the following seminars:

July 26, 2006
Confidentiality of Medical Records in California
Hyatt San Jose, 1740 North First Street, San Jose, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for medical records directors, health information directors, business managers, office managers, hospital administrators, nurses, social workers, release of records professional, paralegals, and attorneys.Other faculty: Kathleen “Katie” Mock-Burns, Professional Advantage Enterprises.

March 28, 2006
Electronic and Medical Information Protection Laws in California
The Pan Pacific Hotel San Francisco, 500 Post Street, San Francisco, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for medical records directors, health information directors, business managers, office managers, hospital administrators, nurses, social workers, release of records professional, paralegals, and attorneys.Other faculty: Mitzi Wortman, RNC, CCM, LNCC, Legal Nurse Services.

December 1, 2005
Medical Records Law in California
The Pan Pacific Hotel San Francisco, 500 Post Street, San Francisco, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for medical records directors, health information directors, business managers, office managers, hospital administrators, nurses, social workers, release of records professional, paralegals, and attorneys.Other faculty: Mitzi Wortman, RNC, CCM, LNCC, Legal Nurse Services.

October 27, 2005
Medical Records Law in California
Hyatt San Jose, 1740 North First Street, San Jose, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for medical records directors, health information directors, business managers, office managers, hospital administrators, nurses, social workers, release of records professional, paralegals, and attorneys.Other faculty: John A. Meyers, Esq., Ervin, Cohen & Jessup LLP.

November 16, 2004
HIPAA Security Regulation Challenges and Solutions in California
Fountaingrove Inn, 101 Fountaingrove Parkway, Santa Rosa, California,
9:00a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for attorneys, business and office managers, health information managers, IT professionals, privacy officers, hospital administrators, healthcare providers, nurses, medical records directors, billing managers, social workers, compliance officers,and physicians.
Other faculty: Tom Schauer, CISA, CISSP, CISM – TrustCC.

October 19, 2004
Confidentiality of Medical Records in California
Wilshire Grand Hotel & Centre, 930 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles,
California, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for medical records directors, business and office
managers, hospital administrators, nurses, health information directors,
clinic coordinators and mental health professionals.
Other Faculty: John A. Meyers, Esq., Ervin, Cohen & Jessup LLP.

October 7, 2004
HIPAA Security Regulation Challenges and Solutions in California
Best Western Stockton Inn, 4219 East Waterloo Road, Stockton, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for attorneys, business and office managers, health information managers, IT professionals, privacy officers, hospital
administrators, healthcare providers, nurses, medical records directors,
billing managers, social workers, compliance officers, and physicians.
Other faculty: Tom Schauer, CISA, CISSP, CISM – TrustCC.

August 12, 2004
Confidentiality of Medical Records in California,
Lake Natoma Inn, 702 Gold Lake Drive, Folsom, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:3 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for medical records directors, business and office
managers, hospital administrators, nurses, health information directors,
clinic coordinators, mental health professionals and attorneys.
Other faculty: Jana H. Aagaard, Esq. – Law Offices of Jana H. Aagaard;
Lawrence B. Garcia, Esq. – The Diepenbrock Law Firm; and Anna Orlowski – The University of California Davis Health System.

June 8, 2004
Confidentiality of Medical Records in California
Oakland Marriot City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for medical records directors, business and office
managers, hospital administrators, nurses, health information directors,
mental health professionals, and attorneys.
Other faculty: John A. Meyers, Esq. – Ervin, Cohen & Jessup LLP; and
Kathleen Moorhead – Fidelity National Financial.

May 14, 2004
Essentials for Safeguarding Personal Health Information Using the HIPAA
Security Standards
Holiday Inn Oakland Airport, Oakland, California, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Full-day, intermediate level program designed to get attorneys the compliance information they need to confidently advise their clients. In-house counsel for insurance companies, hospitals, nursing homes, and health care companies also will find this program useful.
Other faculty: Paul T. Smith, Esq. —Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

April 13, 2004
HIPAA Privacy Regulations and Workers’ Compensation in California
Palm Springs Riviera Resort & Racquet Club, 1600 North Indian Canyon Drive,
Palm Springs, California, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for human resource professionals, attorneys, health and safety managers, business owners and managers, third party claims administrators, insurance claims representatives, medical office managers, risk managers, rehabilitation specialists and occupational health nurses.
Other faculty: D. Michael Caruthers, Esq. – Law Offices of D. Michael
Caruthers; and Sharon Renzi, Esq. – Law Offices of Sharon Renzi.

February 27, 2004
HIPAA, ADA & FMLA in California
Best Western Stockton Inn, 4219 East Waterloo Road, Stockton, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for human resource and payroll professionals,
benefits managers, business owners and managers, operations managers,
accountants, and attorneys.
Other faculty: Julie A. Gonzales, Esq. -- Law Offices of Julie A.
Gonzales; Elizabeth R. Ison, Esq. -- The Ison Law Group; and
Jennifer Madden, Esq. -- Downey Brand LLP.

February 26, 2004
HIPAA, ADA & FMLA in California
Hilton Sonoma County/Santa Rosa, 3555 Round Barn Boulevard, Santa Rosa,
California, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for human resource and payroll professionals,
benefits mangers, business owners and managers, operations managers, office managers, accountants, and attorneys.
Other faculty: E.Jeffrey Grube, Esq. and John F. Hyland, Esq. – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.

December 19, 2003
Confidentiality of Medical Records in California
Residence Inn by Marriott, 3240 March lane, Stockton, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for medical records directors, business and office
managers, hospital administrators, nurses, health information directors, and
mental health professionals.
Other faculty: John A. Meyers, Esq. – Ervin, Cohen & Jessup LLP; and
Lawrence J. Rose – Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

December 9, 2003
Confidentiality of Medical Records in California
Holiday Inn Fresno Airport, Fresno, California, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for medical records directors, business and office
mangers, hospital administrators, nurses, health information directors, and
mental health professionals.
Other Faculty: John C. Garner – Garner Consulting.

August 12, 2003
Confidentiality of Medical Records in California
Hyatt Regency Sacramento, 1209 L Street, Sacramento, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for medical records directors, business and office
managers, hospital administrators, nurses, health information directors, and
mental health professionals.
Other faculty: R. Gregory Cochran, M.D., J.D. & Shirley Eiko Sanematsu,
J.D. -- Foley & Lardner; and Alyssa Hall, Esq. & David T. Morris, Esq. – Latham & Watkins.

March 26, 2003
Confidentiality of Medical Records in California
Park Hyatt San Francisco, 333 Battery Street, San Francisco, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for medical records directors, business and office
managers, hospital administrators, health information directors, nurses, and
mental health professionals.
Other faculty: Kathleen T. Friedlander, Esq. – Yaron & Associates;
Joy M. Harris, Esq. & Tae G. Lee, Esq. – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &
Walker LLP.

November 20, 2002
HIPAA Compliance: Understanding and Implementing the Security and Privacy
Regulations in California
Westin St. Francis, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco, California,
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
One-day seminar designed for hospital administrators, health care providers,
business and office managers, attorneys, reimbursement analysts, billing
managers, physicians, and nurses.
Other Faculty: Cheryle Bernard Shaw, Esq. -- Alameda County Medical
Center; Anthony R. Klein, Esq. – Latham & Watkins; and Paul T. Smith – Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.