On February 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) took action pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order 14187 (“EO 14187”), which is aimed at ending gender affirming care for minors. EO 14187...more
2/21/2025
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Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
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LGBTQ ,
Patient Access ,
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Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
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Trump Administration
On December 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) announced a settlement with Holy Redeemer Family Medicine, a Pennsylvania covered entity, regarding an alleged violation...more
12/5/2024
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OCR ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Settlement
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently published its Final Rule amending the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”). The updated HBNR, which regulates entities that handle certain personal health information, other...more
On Thursday, June 20, 2024, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“HHS”) overstepped its authority to act when issuing its December 2022 bulletin...more
On February 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a notice in the Federal Register regarding reinstatement of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”)...more
2/16/2024
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Data Protection ,
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Healthcare ,
HIPAA Audits ,
HIPAA Breach ,
HITECH Act ,
OCR ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI
Why is everyone talking about provider disclosures to law enforcement of late? The Senate Finance Committee authored a letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), outlining...more
1/12/2024
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Information Requests ,
Law Enforcement ,
Life Sciences ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Roe v Wade
This is Part Seven in a series of legal updates on the Washington My Health My Data (“WMHMDA”), where Quarles continues its deep dive into the various factors and intricacies of WMHMDA that are creating waves in the privacy...more
7/18/2023
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Data Protection ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
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Life Sciences ,
Personal Data ,
PHI ,
Washington
On April 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), aimed at strengthening the Health Insurance Portability and...more