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Reproductive Healthcare Privacy Final Rule Vacated by Texas Court

The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on June 18, 2025 vacated portions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (2024 Final Rule) related to reproductive healthcare privacy....more

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Reproductive Healthcare Privacy Rule Struck Down Nationwide by Texas Judge: What Providers and Employer-Sponsored Health Plans...

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A federal judge in Texas just tossed out Biden-era reproductive healthcare privacy protections, halting a 2024 final rule with nationwide effect. The rule, which largely took effect in December and created new HIPAA privacy...more

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Biden Administration Finalizes Its Last Changes To Health Data Interoperability and Information Blocking Regulations

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In December 2024, the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ASTP/ONC”) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published two...more

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HIPAA Reproductive Privacy Rule Takes Effect Amid Legal and Political Uncertainties

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As of December 23, health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses (covered entities) and their business associates (collectively, regulated entities) must comply with new reproductive health care privacy...more

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Compliance Deadline Imminent: HIPAA Final Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy

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Around the corner is the Dec. 23 deadline to have your organization bring its HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices into compliance with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights Final Rule modifying...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Action Required for HIPAA Covered Entities Regarding Reproductive Health Care Compliance

On April 22, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Final Rule titled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Final Rule)....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Providers Must Comply With Reproductive Health Amendment HIPAA Privacy Final Rule Soon

On April 22, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a Final Rule prohibiting the use and disclosure of protected health information (PHI) related to lawful...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: September 10, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

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Client Alert: The Department of Health and Human Services Issues HIPAA Final Rule Providing Additional Reproductive Health...

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On April 26, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the final HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Final Rule). The Final Rule became effective June 25, 2024....more

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HHS Issues Model Attestation Required by Final HIPAA Regulations Supporting Reproductive Health Care Privacy

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On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published Final Regulations under HIPAA’s Privacy Rule introducing greater protections for information related to...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Healthcare Privacy is Now Effective

On June 25, 2024, the Final Rule issued by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) that amended the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became effective as a means of further protecting...more

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HHS-OCR Publishes Final HIPAA Privacy Rule Expanding Reproductive Health Care Privacy and Further Supporting Patient...

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On April 26, 2024, almost a year after issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Privacy Rule, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) finalized the HIPAA Privacy Rule to...more

Fenwick & West LLP

New Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy Under HIPAA

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On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented a Final Rule enhancing the HIPAA Privacy Rule to safeguard reproductive health care privacy. Given the recent Dobbs decision, HHS expressed...more

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HHS Supports Reproductive Health Care Privacy by Modifying the HIPAA Privacy Rule

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights recently published a final rule (the “Final Rule“) which provides additional privacy protections related to the use and disclosure of reproductive...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Attention, Group Health Plans: New HIPAA Privacy Rule Governing Reproductive Health Care Information Imposes Obligations,...

It is critical for employers and plan fiduciaries/administrators to stay informed of HIPAA privacy and security-related legal developments because most employer sponsored group health plans — regardless of the employer’s...more

Epstein Becker & Green

HHS Publishes Final Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy

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The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to eliminate the federal constitutional right to abortion continues to alter the legal landscape across the country. On April 26, 2024, the...more

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HIPAA Privacy Final Rule: Landmark Changes Related to Reproductive Health Care Information

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a “Final Rule,” HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, which was published in the Federal...more

Saul Ewing LLP

HHS OCR Issues Post-Dobbs Final Rule to Address Reproductive Health Care Privacy Protections

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On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a final rule to support reproductive health care privacy (the “Reproductive Rule”). According to the HHS OCR...more

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HHS Announces Final Rule on Reproductive Health Care Privacy

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On April 22, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a final rule to support reproductive health care privacy under HIPAA. The rule aims to support reproductive health care privacy "by prohibiting the...more

McCarter & English, LLP

HHS Issues Final Rule Strengthening HIPAA Protections for Reproductive Healthcare

On April 22, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a Final Rule titled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy. The Final Rule strengthens the Health Insurance Portability...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 5, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

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