Ron Harman King

Ron Harman King, JD, MS, is CEO of Vanguard Communications, a legal and healthcare practice marketing and management consulting firm. He writes for Breaking Media on the topics of technology and the intersection of law and healthcare.

A 25-year veteran of professional-services marketing, PR and communications technology, Ron is the author of The Totally Wired Doctor: Social media, the Internet & marketing technology for medical practices.

Ron has degrees from three universities in journalism, engineering and information technology and a juris doctor from Mitchell Hamline School of Law (with a focus in healthcare law), as well as a certificate in French studies from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Outside work hours, he is an avid skier, hiker and cyclist; a student of four foreign languages; and enjoys playing classical piano.

Posts by Ron Harman King

SCOTUS Deals a Blow to Medical Debt Collectors

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has been targeting debt collection practices, survives a Supreme Court challenge.

Legal, Providers

Stark Law Crackdown Jacks Up Fines, Settlements and Physician Pressures

Is a widened enforcement net squeezing physicians unfairly? That's the belief of one high-profile author and health policy expert.

Legal

Healthcare Docket: Help Wanted — Doctor Expert Witnesses

Major malpractice verdicts have spiked in recent years.

Providers

Healthcare Docket: Feds and States Move to Curb Private Equity’s Takeover of Healthcare

Will American healthcare go the way of the banking sector’s consolidation into a handful of all-powerful titans?

Health Tech, Hospitals

Healthcare Docket: A Near Doubling of Hospital System Cyberattacks Triggers Bipartisan Bill

Increasing costs and healthcare cybersecurity worries have sparked calls for new laws. The bipartisan “Strengthening Cybersecurity in Health Care Act” by four senators would require the HHS to perform routine evaluations of its systems and deliver biannual reports on practices and progress.

Growing Awareness of Mental Health Importance Fuels New Initiatives, Research

Several recent developments signal increased support for psychological assessments and treatments.

Healthcare

Using Data to Help Healthcare Practices Succeed

A new report from Relatient, A Data-Driven Guide to Patient Access Succes, highlights how focusing on data accuracy and relevance can enhance the performance of healthcare practices.

BioPharma

Healthcare Docket: Will Florida’s Plan to Import Drugs From Canada Open the Floodgates?

No matter the outcome, it’s certain that the cost of drugs will not be an issue easily resolved anytime soon even though several other states also have laws allowing for drug imports.

Legal

Reading the Tea Leaves for Cannabis Regulation

A decade after the first recreational marijuana dispensaries opened, will 2024 be the year that cannabis finally gets a get-out-of-jail-for-free card?

Consumer / Employer

‘Constitutional Collisions’ Come Back to Haunt Dobbs Decision

Opposing sides are girding for a likely momentous constitutional confrontation.