David Harlow

DAVID HARLOW is Principal of The Harlow Group LLC, a health care law and consulting firm based in the Hub of the Universe, Boston, MA. His thirty years’ experience in the public and private sectors affords him a unique perspective on legal, policy and business issues facing the health care community. David is adept at assisting clients in developing new paradigms for their business organizations, relationships and processes so as to maximize the realization of organizational goals in a highly regulated environment, in realms ranging from health data privacy and security to digital health strategy to physician-hospital relationships to the avoidance of fraud and abuse. He's been called "an expert on HIPAA and other health-related law issues [who] knows more than virtually anyone on those topics.” (Forbes.com.) His award-winning blog, HealthBlawg, is highly regarded in both the legal and health policy blogging worlds. David is a charter member of the external Advisory Board of the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network and has served as the Public Policy Chair of the Society for Participatory Medicine, on the Health Law Section Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association and on the Advisory Board of FierceHealthIT. He speaks regularly before health care and legal industry groups on business, policy and legal matters. You should follow him on Twitter.
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OCR Cloud Computing HIPAA Guidance

The latest OCR HIPAA guidance — on cloud computing — will probably…

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“What we need is more regulation . . . .”

We are awash in digital health data. And we are awash in…

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Comprehensive Primary Care Plus – Medicare Doubles Down

CMS, through its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), is rolling…

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Physician-Patient Collaboration: A Conversation With Dr. Danny Sands

Danny Sands joined me recently to discuss the state of physician-patient collaboration,…

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Narrow Networks in California?

In the nothing new under the sun department, Covered California, the California…

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Nick Marko and Geisinger’s Health Data Journey

Geisinger Health System’s Chief Data Officer, Nicholas Marko (he is also a…

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All Payor Claims Databases: ERISA Pre-emption and the Tragedy of the Commons

The Supreme Court handed down its decision in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual…

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Patients’ Health Data Rights and Precision Medicine

The recent Precision Medicine Initiative Summit at the White House saw dozens…

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Is Time Running Out for CO-OPs?

Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs) — the stealth public option under…

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Future Outlook: Medicare Advantage Plans & Risk Adjustment

All aspects of health care delivery and financing are undergoing change at…

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