7 Takeaways from Real-Life Malpractice Cases

Practice administrators seeking federal grants or contracts must look beyond HIPAA, completing SAM registration and adopting FAR 52.204‑21’s 15 essential cybersecurity controls to safeguard PHI, PII, FCI and CUI.

Jeffrey A. Singer, M.D., a general surgeon and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, joins the show to talk patient autonomy in health care.

Two class-action lawsuits targeting the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Kansas Health System for years-long cyberstalking and unauthorized access to protected health information spotlight massive HIPAA risk-analysis failures and underscore the urgent need for stronger health care cybersecurity safeguards.

Daniel Aaron, MD, JD, an associate professor of law at the University of Utah, joins the show to talk about the new legal standard for assessing medical negligence.

Remote patient monitoring is rapidly expanding, but with heightened federal scrutiny and OIG audits underway, medical practices must ensure full compliance to protect revenue and reduce audit risk.

As biometric technologies expand in health care and consumer surveillance, regulators are cracking down on companies that misuse sensitive data — with HIPAA, FTC orders and billion-dollar state settlements setting the tone.