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Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
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New HIPAA Final Rule: Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
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HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
ERISA Blog | Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rules A Primer for Self-Insured Group Health Plans
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Special Edition | Episode 36 - Rolling Change: The DEA Turns Over a New Leaf on Marijuana Scheduling
Understanding the HHS OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance
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The FTC's Health Privacy Enforcement Actions
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
Episode 303 --- Deep Dive into the HHS-OIG Compliance Program Guidance
Counsel That Cares - The Private Payer's Perspective on Value-Based Care
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In June 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a proposed settlement with Healthline, a health information website, for its handling of personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....more
Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more
Online tracking technologies are used by healthcare and hospital systems throughout the United States to analyze their website traffic, personalize content, and provide relevant information to website visitors, some of whom...more
On June 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to vacate its guidance that had restricted...more
Last week, in a significant win for the American Hospital Association plaintiff, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an opinion vacating the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”)...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has, as part of its mandate, the responsibility to enforce the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule....more
Selected U.S. Privacy and Cyber Updates - CISA Posts Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Under CIRCIA - On March 27, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)...more
Changes to guidance are unlikely to mitigate widespread concerns - On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) revised its controversial guidance on how HIPAA applies...more
On November 2, 2023, the American Hospital Association and Texas Hospital Association, in conjunction with the Texas Health Resources and United Regional Health Care System, filed suit against the Secretary of the Department...more
Online tracking technologies, such as pixels, have become a common feature of the modern web and app ecosystem. Pixels and other online tracking technologies may be configured to collect user data about website visits,...more
If you are involved with any health information, even if you are not covered by HIPAA, you should be aware of the government’s recent position that there may be serious privacy and serious risks with use of online tracking...more
This month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights sent letters warning about privacy and security risks related to online tracking technologies...more
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission have sent a joint letter to approximately 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers to emphasize the risks and concerns about the use of...more
A patient surfs a hospital system’s website and reads an article about depression and anxiety. The patient then searches the hospital’s website for mental health providers in the area. A few hours later, the patient logs into...more
In a December 2022 bulletin published by the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), HHS made clear that the use of third-party tracking technologies by covered entities and business...more
On December 1, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Bulletin on the obligations of covered entities and business associates (regulated entities) under the...more
Most companies operating websites and mobile apps use some form of tracking technologies on these digital properties. While these types of technologies have been used for some time and serve a variety of purposes, the use of...more
For years, patients and healthcare companies have been wrestling with privacy issues relating to cookies, pixels and other tracking technologies. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Civil Rights...more