Howard Burde Health Law

Howard Burde is a nationally recognized Health Information Technology lawyer, who provides general counsel and health law advice to health information technology and health care businesses. Howard is a dynamic health industry leader who helps clients build health care businesses and counsels health care organizations. He is a prolific author of four books on health law topics, currently speaking around the country on the health care opportunities under the Federal Stimulus Legislation.

Howard practices in the following areas:

Frequently requested services:

Health Care Business Development and Assessment
Analysis of the risks and rewards of emerging business development opportunities in the health care sector and regulatory environment with consideration of applicable legal issues, capitalization, strategic partnership and market channel development.

Health Information Exchange (HIE) Strategic Evaluation
Analysis and evaluation of proposed HIE structure and legal requirements, economic sustainability, trust relationships, privacy and security, core exchange responsibilities and of value added solutions.

Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Evaluation
MLR creates incentives for solutions that enhance clinical care or improve quality. Assessment and evaluation of the proposed solutions within the MLR Interim Final Rulemaking to recommend the appropriate characterization under prevailing law.

Privacy and Security Assessment and Compliance
HIPAA and HITECH create a comprehensive and evolving federal regulatory scheme affecting state law governing the privacy and security practices of providers, payers and solution developers. Assessment of the application of state and federal privacy and security law against current practices, and recommendation of effective compliance measures.

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