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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Health 2.0 Conference: Data Liquidity Can Improve Care and Reduce Cost

 EXCLUSIVE POST - On the last day of Health 2.0, the key…

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Health 2.0 – Focus on High Quality, Low Cost & Connectivity

   The health care payor and provider worlds are concerned with access,…

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Health 2.0 Kicks Off in San Francisco

EXCLUSIVE POST - Sunday afternoon in San Francisco this week, the place…

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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – Practice Forward 2011

I spoke at the AAOS annual "Practice Forward" course this past week…

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Health Care Compliance Association – Hot Tips from the US Attorney’s Office at the New England Regional Conference

The Health Care Compliance Association's New England Regional Conference was held recently, and…

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Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative Announced by CMS Center for Innovation

Many health care provider organizations that have not been overly eager to…

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Partners Health Care acquiring Neighborhood Health Plan: The 800-Pound Gorilla and the Fig Leaf?

 Partners Health Care (the dominant provider network in Greater Boston) and Neighborhood…

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Another Pan Mass Challenge Enters the History Books

For those of you just joining us, I rode in my eighth…

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Rural Health White Paper Released by UnitedHealth Group Think Tank

The UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform and Modernization released a white paper…

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Health Information Technology Tweeps to Watch: The #HIT100 List

Michael Planchart, aka @theEHRguy, put out the call last month for nominations…

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