---
title: 'Telehealth HIPAA Waiver & ''The Incommensurability Thesis'' of Henry S Mather.'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/telehealth-hipaa-waiver-the-incommensurability-thesis-of-henry-s-mather'
show: 'The Voice of Law Podcast, Digital Health Law Series'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/the-voice-of-law-podcast-digital-health-law-series'
published: '2020-03-20'
audio: 'https://anchor.fm/s/13cdc6e4/podcast/play/11291616/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-08-23%2F77ca567eed159d38f34e25d3ed3fa5d8.m4a'
---

# Telehealth HIPAA Waiver & 'The Incommensurability Thesis' of Henry S Mather.

## Summary

In this episode I discuss the waiver on potential HIPAA penalties for telehealth services offered in good faith during the COVID-19 emergency. I raise the possibility of an emerging paradigm debate, and discuss the incommensurability thesis of Henry S Mather as offering one method for achieving a rational balance between competing societal values and ideals. Listeners are referred to reading resources.