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, JD, MBA, advises clients on compliance and transactions in healthcare, cybersecurity, corporate and securities law, while representing plaintiffs in False Claims Act and Dodd-Frank whistleblower cases. She also teaches bioethics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Rachel can be reached through her website, 

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AI can decrease strain on nurses and other healthcare professionals and allow them focus on the tasks technology cannot address. 

Artificial Intelligence could minimize damage from a growing nursing shortage

As more states enact biometric laws (although none are as robust as Illinois), healthcare AI companies, covered entities, and business associates should take note and take steps to update compliance programs in order to reduce the risk of a lawsuit and a potentially criminal HIPAA violation.

Biometrics and Artificial Intelligence

Physicians’ professional liability has been heightened by both the pandemic and the significant disinformation and politicization surrounding vaccines and various unsafe treatment and prevention methods

Medical Malpractice and Asset Protection Part 6: Ivermectin and COVID-19 

Understanding what should be included in a required HIPAA BAA is essential.

Breaking Down the Business Associate Agreement

A shared vision for your practice’s three-to-five-year horizon can amplify your practice to grow revenue and weather internal and external crises.

Why a vision for your practice is a critical component of success

With cybersecurity and criminal government actions involving protected health information (PHI), now is a good time to understand the importance of the required Business Associate Agreement (BAA).


HIPAA: Back to basics with the BAA

Providers should be vigilant about the truthfulness of the claims and statements that are being submitted for remuneration by the government.

Stark Law, AKS continue to be focus of False Claims Act Settlements 

Asset Protection for physicians logically includes concerns about medical malpractice liability. We continue our look at the facts about malpractice including the real risks, numbers and defense strategies involved. 

Medical Malpractice and Asset Protection Part 3: Settlements and Verdicts

is a traveling physician who is board certified in family practice/OMT and lifestyle medicine. He has practiced as a 

 locum tenens physician for four years. Zhu is an international speaker and the author of "

Thrive Medicine: How To Cultivate Your Desires and Elevate Your Life

Masterclass series, an online resource for healthcare professionals and students on learning how to thrive

Even with the adoption of telemedicine during the pandemic, locum tenens physicians are finding ways to reduce the stress on a burdened industry. 

Locum tenens alleviates burnout for physicians

MBA, CFP®, AIF® began her career in financial planning in 1988 and co-founded Atlanta Financial Associates in 1992, merging into 

in 2020. She specializes in working with physicians and executives in the healthcare industry. Her passion for working with physicians comes from being a pediatrician’s spouse for more than three decades. Julie has been featured on Forbes’ list of America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors since 2017 as well as Forbes’ 

Planning tips that could help alleviate a higher tax bill for high-earning physicians.