Healthcare IT
CMS Killed the Fax Machine. Sort Of.
CMS finalized a rule to eliminate faxing for claims attachments, but the workflows that keep radiology groups sending tens of thousands of faxes a month are untouched.
Policy
Technology
FCC Bans Foreign Routers. Almost None Are Made Here.
The FCC added all foreign-made consumer routers to its Covered List, banning new models from sale in the US. The problem: virtually no consumer routers are manufactured domestically.
Opinion
Anthropic Sues the Pentagon. Here's What Matters.
Anthropic filed two federal lawsuits today challenging the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation. The legal arguments are stronger than the politics suggest.
AI
New York Wants to Make It Illegal for AI to Answer Your Medical Questions
Senate Bill S7263 would hold AI companies liable when chatbots provide responses in 14 licensed professions. The bill's language is broader than the headlines suggest—and it's the wrong approach at the wrong time.
Technology
California's Age Verification Law Has an Open-Source Problem
California's Digital Age Assurance Act requires every operating system to verify user age and expose an API for apps. At least one open-source OS has responded by banning California users entirely.
Opinion
Trump Lost Me Over Anthropic
I've supported the winning candidate in every general election since 2000—including Trump twice. That ends now. I will not support Trump or anyone aligned with him after the federal government threatened to destroy an American company for having principles.
Healthcare IT
The HIPAA Security Rule Is Getting Its Biggest Overhaul in 13 Years
HHS is finalizing sweeping changes to the HIPAA Security Rule that eliminate the 'addressable' loophole and mandate encryption, MFA, and 72-hour recovery. Here's what healthcare IT leaders should be watching.
Opinion
The Pentagon Wants an AI That Kills. Anthropic Said No. Will It Be Punished?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is threatening to blacklist Anthropic for refusing to remove safety guardrails from Claude. As a daily Claude user, I have thoughts on why the government shouldn't be strong-arming AI companies into building unrestricted weapons.
Technology
Connecticut's Proposed Facial Recognition Ban: Privacy Win or Invitation to Organized Theft?
State Senator James Maroney's proposed ban on retail facial recognition raises important privacy questions—but could it also make Connecticut a softer target for organized retail crime?
AI
Trump's AI Executive Order Doesn't Restrict AI. It Restricts Restrictions.
The December 2025 Executive Order targets state AI laws, not AI itself. The regulatory patchwork is a real problem—but this order offers preemption without proposing federal protections in return.