Last week, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released warnings about an embedded function they found in the firmware of the Contec CMS8000,...more
2/13/2025
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medical Devices ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Risk Management
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a “Final Rule,” HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, which was published in the Federal...more
5/14/2024
/ Data Privacy ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
OCR ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues
On April 12, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice” or “NPRM”) to solicit comments on proposed modifications to the HIPAA...more
4/17/2023
/ Abortion ,
Biden Administration ,
Comment Period ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
NPRM ,
OCR ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Pregnancy ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
SCOTUS ,
Women's Rights
The continued proliferation of tracking technologies has created a landscape of increased exposure for entities serving individuals online. As individuals are increasingly interacting with healthcare services providers...more
In the wake of the Dobbs decision, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued new guidance regarding the privacy of patients seeking reproductive health care.
The guidance...more
7/13/2022
/ Abortion ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Equal Protection ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
New Guidance ,
OCR ,
Patient Access ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Pregnancy ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS ,
Women's Rights