Although transparency wasn’t a highlight of the negotiations around the new health care law, it does seem like this idea is going to be a bigger factor for doctors, pharmaceutical companies, and patients in the near future. There are at least two new disclosure requirements in the new law. InsuranceNewsNet.com highlights several aspects of the [...]

A few weeks ago I was invited to volunteer join an independent review effort of federal agency open government plans that were delivered by key federal agencies on April 9, 2010. The independent reviewers were organized by a non-profit transparency organization call Open the Government. Since I work routinely with health information and have gotten [...]