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Law Practice,
Health Care & Hospital Law,
Administrative/Regulatory

May 6, 2017

Killing HIPAA

Today's war to save health care must make some difficult decisions. Seemingly drastic at first blush, getting rid of he Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is certainly a viable option, given what remains at risk.

Craig B. Garner

Principal
Garner Health Law Corp.

1299 Ocean Ave Ste 450
Santa Monica , CA 90401

Phone: (310) 458-1560

Fax: (310) 694-9025

Email: craig@garnerhealth.com

Pepperdine University School of Law

Craig is also an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University School of Law, where he teaches courses on hospital law and the Affordable Care Act.

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Imagine a world in which a basic identification card contained a lifetime of medical information, immediately accessible during a routine physical or life-threatening emergency. The technology behind such seeming science fiction could heal a fragmented health care system, affording providers access to critical information in a timely ma...

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