Nick Weil

Nick Weil is a consultant and attorney with Epsilon Life Sciences, based out of Chicago and living in Omaha. Specializing in data compliance and health care regulation, Nick is a seasoned advisor, both as an external and in-house professional, with previous experience as chief compliance officer, data privacy officer, and corporate counsel. As an IAPP-certified information technologist, an HCCA-certified compliance professional, and licensed attorney with a decade in the regulatory compliance and the health care industry, Nick brings a unique combination of skills to multiple sectors, including health care, life sciences, and information technology. As a consultant, Nick has led large-scale regulatory investigations and data breach incidents, provided hands-on interim compliance leadership, and conducted privacy, security, and regulatory reviews, assessments and inventories. He specializes in information compliance issues and risks, including data privacy law, cyber security regulations, information blocking rules, and interoperability requirements for organizations processing health information and other sensitive data. Before becoming a consultant, Nick was the chief compliance officer and general counsel for a large physician practice and ambulatory care center. There he developed and led the compliance, privacy, and data security program for a primary care physician group, pharmacy, urgent care clinic, and numerous specialist providers and services, while reporting and providing governance advice to the practice's board and institutional owner, a state-wide healthcare insurance company. Prior to that, Nick was a compliance officer and privacy officer for a large metropolitan health system, overseeing hospital centers, skilled nursing facilities, physician groups, and a psychiatric hospital. He began his career working as an attorney in health care compliance and medical malpractice defense.