Last month, Judge Matthew Kaszmaryk of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, in Purl v. United Stated Department of Health and Human Services, No. 2:24-cv-00228-Z (N.D. Tex Jun. 18, 2025) struck down nearly all...more
7/24/2025
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Court Litigation ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Judicial Authority ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Statutory Authority
On February 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the recission of “HHS Notice and Guidance on Gender Affirming Care, Civil Rights, and Patient Privacy” (the...more
As we noted in our previous blog here, on January 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing substantial revisions...more
The HIPAA Security Rule was originally promulgated over 20 years ago.
While it historically provided an important regulatory floor for securing electronic protected health information, the Security Rule’s lack of...more
1/31/2025
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
NIST ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Proposed Rules ,
Risk Management