Diane Evans

With the onset of federally mandated enforcement of patient privacy laws, it’s a good time to review lessons from HIPAA cases announced in 2016.  Common themes clearly prevail. ...

Doctors and patients, listen up. Starting in 2019, private insurers may hold unprecedented power in determining standards of care for Medicare patients.

Long-awaited federal audits are finally here under the the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

If you are a healthcare provider, far from the elaborate schemes of hackers, your greatest threat is more likely to be in carelessness or neglect in your midst.

The new acting Medicare chief is on to something: The idea that meaningful use of Internet communications between patients and doctors should really mean something. But instead of a narrow interpretation of meaningful use relating to electronic health records, it’s time to go a step further.