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Comment Period Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Top 10 takeaways from the new HIPAA security rule NPRM

On Jan. 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed new regulations to enhance cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI) under the Health Insurance Portability...more

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To Comment or Not to Comment: Looking at the Biden Administration’s HIPAA Cybersecurity Proposed Reg

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One of the Biden Administration’s last healthcare regs was a proposed rule that, if finalized, would make significant changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule to...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Proposed Update to the HIPAA Security Rule

In early January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The Proposed Rule would modify the Security Standards for the Protection of...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Updates — Implications for Covered Entities and Their Information Security Programs

On January 6, 2025, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) updating the Health Insurance Portability and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

HHS Proposes Significant Updates to HIPAA Security Rule

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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”) to amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Big Changes Proposed for the HIPAA Security Rule

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued an unpublished Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that strengthens the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule and, if...more

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HHS Office for Civil Rights Proposes Measures to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Health Care Under HIPAA

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed significant modifications to the HIPAA Security Rule and the HITECH Act in an attempt to strengthen cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health...more

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New Proposed Rules to Combat Health Information Blocking

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has just unveiled a proposed rule designed to penalize health care providers engaging in information blocking. Information blocking is a practice where health care...more

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FTC’s 20th Public Meeting - Privacy, Privacy and More Privacy

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It has been a while since we last gathered for one of the monthly public meetings of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission). Clearly, the monthly nature of the meetings is questionable, but then again, there are...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 24, 2022)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 6. Privacy Briefs: June 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 6 (June 2020): A divided Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated a patient’s claim that a hospital is vicariously liable for the actions of a medical assistant who accessed the patient’s...more

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Proposed Changes to Federal Substance Use Disorder Privacy Rules Under 42 CFR Part 2

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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAHMSA) released its long-awaited proposal to overhaul privacy restrictions for substance abuse treatment programs found...more

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OCR Seeks Feedback for Modifying HIPAA Rules to Promote Efficiency and Reduce Burdens Placed Upon Covered Entities

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on modification of the Privacy and Security Rules under the Health...more

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Happy New Year! Potential Changes to HIPAA Requirements on the Horizon

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On December 12, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), requested public comments on potential changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s...more

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