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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Healthcare Associated Infections: What is the Message, and What Can We Do About Them?

    The good people at GE and JESS3 have come up…

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Medicare Payments to Physicians – Proposed Rule for 2012

It's doc season again, that time of year when the sustainable growth…

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Health Care Reform and Other Health Care Innovations – Regina Herzlinger Speaks From Harvard

I spoke with Harvard Business School professor Regina Herzlinger this week about…

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Jumping into Health Care Social Media

The legendary bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked, “Why do you rob…

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Tweets from American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting 2011

Here's a window into the American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting this…

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The Massachusetts Experiment Analyzed: Are We Ready for Global Payments?

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley released her office's second annual report, An…

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements – health care social media, ACOs and more

I spoke recently at a MassMEDIC conference about the FDA and social…

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Pan Mass Challenge 2011 – Please Support my Ride & Help Lick Cancer

It’s that time again – the Pan Mass Challenge is coming up…

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Tweetup at the AHLA Annual Meeting in Boston

Come join Bob Coffield (@bobcoffield) and me, together with other speakers, attendees…

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Don’t Kick a Unicorn When it’s Down

There has been a significant outcry against the proposed ACO regs: everything's…

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