Welcome to Health Wonk Review's In Like a Lion edition, wherein we consider the big questions of the moment. It…
OCR planning for the next round of HIPAA compliance audits continues. A new information collection request will be filed soon…
Next Thursday the HealthBlawger will hosting Health Wonk Review right here at HealthBlawg. This edition will focus in part on:…
The Sustainable Growth Rate mechanism creating a zero-sum game for Medicare Part B reimbursement rates (dropping rates as volume picks…
The lab test result data access rule is finally final. See the HHS presser and the final rule, which is…
The recent FTC decision in the LabMD case (pdf) (full docket here) has HIPAA-watchers scratching their heads, tugging their beards,…
I am quoted in a couple of year-end / new year pieces on health IT, appearing this week in iHealthBeat…
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission released its preliminary cost trends report for 2013. In case anyone needed confirmation, Massachsuetts health…
For years, I have been helping covered entities, business associates and downstream contractors understand HIPAA and other federal and state…
I recently spoke with Theresa Defino, editor of AIS Health's Report on Patient Privacy about the limits of social media…