Charitable Giving Fraud and Other Online Dangers
In today’s digital world, charitable giving can be a click away—but so can the risk of falling victim to scams. Charitable Giving Fraud and Other Online Dangers dives into the emotional tactics cybercriminals use to deceive generous donors, especially in times of...
We’re All Purple
You may have heard the phrase, “All I need to know about life I learned in kindergarten.” Well, all I need to know about race, diversity, and inclusion I learned on the Naval JROTC drill team in Valdosta, Ga., in 1980. Oh, I’ve learned lots of supplemental things...
What Your Compliance Officer Is — And Is Not
As published in the Journal of Health Care Law and Policy In the strange way that thoughts connect and evolve, an experience I had on October 11, 2019 as a panelist for the University of Maryland Carey Law’s In-House Counsel Roundtable¹ just came back to mind...
ERISA: the Key to Saving Your Company’s Private Healthcare
William M. Satterwhite, JD, MD, CPE and Barry S. Herrin, JD, FACHE Everyone in business understands the term "ERISA". Yet few people, even those in the benefits industry, actually really understand the incredible power to improve health and save money that is...
Disrupting the Talk about Privacy and Security “Disruption”
The overbroad and ubiquitous use of the term "disruption" in the technology context, particularly with reference to computer data privacy and security, may backfire among certain audiences. Here's how to not lose your credibility. As published in the ISSA Journal...
Top 12 Information Security Recommendations for Businesses Operating in a Quarantined World
Printer-friendly PDF By DRI Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Committee and the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy Authors: Stephen E. Reynolds, Ice Miller LLPBarry S. Herrin, Herrin Health Law, PCLeon Ravenna, KAR GlobalLaura C. Fey, Esq., Fey LLC We hope that all of...
Teleworking due to COVID-19? Protect PHI from security threats, starting with this policy.
Securing personal health information (PHI) can be a meticulous task inside your organization's firewall. With restrictions now in place forcing teams to work remotely, many for the first time, and with unfamiliar technology, it's more critical than ever that we batten...
Disrupting the talk about “disruption”
How many are weary of all of the hype around this or that “disruptive technology” or “disruptive business strategy”? I see plenty of hands, and mine could not be raised any higher. As a person with a quality liberal arts education (in history, no less), I can both...
Eight release of information (ROI) missteps to avoid
As HIPAA regulations evolve, it's easy to make common mistakes in releasing medical information. Barry S. Herrin and other subject-matter experts provide insight in "Eight ROI Misssteps to Avoid." Written by Lisa A. Eramo, MA. As printed in For The Record, Vol. 31 No....
In estate planning, save your solo medical practice with this one action
Here's a little known fact that escapes many solo physicians who are doing their estate planning: if a physician is the sole owner of a medical practice that is enrolled in Medicare and that physician owner dies, the practice automatically dissolves for purposes of...