New York Times: Hipaa’s Use as Code of Silence Often Misinterprets the Law  (7/17/2015) Justice in Aging Attorney Eric Carlson serves as legal expert for this article by Paula Span about the ways providers misuse Hipaa (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). In the article, he’s quoted as saying, “Providers may be disinclined to give out information anyway, and this provides an easy rationale, but Hipaa is more common sense than people give it credit for.”