Vickie B. Ahlers

Vickie B. Ahlers is a health care lawyer and partner at Baird Holm LLP who represents healthcare providers and systems in regulatory, contracting, privacy, and risk management matters. Her practice covers state and federal healthcare regulation, HIPAA, medical staff issues, data privacy, and cybersecurity. She advises organizations on data governance, breach response, and regulatory investigations. Her clients range from critical access hospitals to large national companies facing complex compliance and information management concerns.

Vickie earned her J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Her education supports work involving statutory interpretation, contracts, healthcare regulation, privacy obligations, and written advocacy. That background complements a practice requiring detailed analysis of operational, regulatory, and data-related issues across healthcare and other industries.

Vickie has handled hundreds of data breach analyses and response efforts, including matters that progressed to regulatory enforcement defense. She advises clients on HIPAA compliance, privacy and security policies, workforce training, medical staff rules, and multi-state breach notification requirements. Her experience includes Office for Civil Rights investigations, HIPAA performance audits, physician recruitment matters, and FDA 510(k) clearance work involving medical devices.

Vickie B. Ahlers chairs a health care practice and leads a privacy and data protection group. She is admitted in Nebraska, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Her professional involvement has included leadership roles with healthcare, community, and nonprofit organizations. She has spoken to industry groups about privacy, security, and healthcare compliance. Her practice combines healthcare regulation, contracting, privacy, cybersecurity, data governance, and risk management for organizations facing complex legal and operational demands.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Baird Holm LLP
• Member, Iowa State Bar Association
• Member, Nebraska State Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of Wisconsin
• Past Member, American Health Lawyers Association, Health Information Technology Leadership Committee Practice Group

Licensed State

• Nebraska
• Iowa
• Wisconsin

Education

• Southern Illinois University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Nebraska
  BA in English

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