News & Analysis as of

Disclosure Requirements › New Guidance › Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

HIPAA FAQs Updated to Support “Make Health Tech Great Again” Initiative

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on

In August 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published new and revised guidance related to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. HHS-OCR added a new FAQ describing permitted...more

McDermott+

Breaking Down the New No Surprises Act FAQs Post-TMA III

McDermott+ on

On January 14, 2025, the US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments), along with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), jointly issued Part 69 of a series of...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

New OCR Guidance on Tracking Technologies

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on

On March 18, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") published updated guidance on the use of online tracking technologies by HIPAA covered entities and business...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Employers Face Another Annual Disclosure for their Group Health Plan Related to the No Surprises Act: “Gag Clauses”

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on

The No Surprises Act (the NSA) bans “gag clauses” that prevent disclosure of price or quality information in agreements between health plans and certain service providers. In addition, the NSA requires plan sponsors to attest...more

BakerHostetler

Office for Civil Rights Provides HIPAA Privacy Rule on Disclosures of Information Relating to Reproductive Healthcare

BakerHostetler on

On June 29, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) issued guidance on when entities...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Government Announces Enforcement Discretion, Deferral For Certain Price Disclosures And Future Rulemakings

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on

Health plans and issuers racing to implement overlapping price transparency and disclosure requirements in response to the Transparency in Coverage final rule (TiC Final Rule) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Privacy and Security Round-up – Colorado Data Breach Law, Guidance from OCR

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on

Privacy and security compliance obligations for health care companies remain hot topics this spring. Health care companies must now contend with data breach laws in all 50 states as well as keeping on top of federal HIPAA...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Confusing Joint Guidance published by OCR and FTC on HIPAA Authorization Forms

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on

There are arguments that there is a dearth of guidance by both the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), so when guidance comes out, we listen. But the most recent guidance jointly issued by the...more

Franczek P.C.

New Affordable Care Act FAQs Issued

Franczek P.C. on

On October 23, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) jointly issued answers to frequently asked questions regarding the...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide