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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Comment Period Regulatory Agenda

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

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

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

Epstein Becker & Green

HHS Proposes Amendments to HIPAA that Protect Reproductive Health Care Information in Wake of Dobbs

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Introduction - Following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade, the federal government, pursuant to President Biden’s Executive Order (the EO) took several steps...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

OCR’s Proposed Rule Finds Fertile Ground for Enhanced Reproductive Privacy Protection

The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a proposed rule on April 17, 2023, to amend provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to strengthen...more

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HIPAA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Reproductive Health Care Privacy

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On April 12, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice” or “NPRM”) to solicit comments on proposed modifications to the HIPAA...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

HHS Seeks to Strengthen Protections of Confidential Reproductive Health Information with Proposed Changes to HIPAA

On April 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) that seeks to enhance safeguards of reproductive health care information through changes to the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Proposed Changes to Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Rules Would Support Better Care, Decrease Stigma,...

Amid the ongoing proliferation of headlines about the mental health crisis in the United States, of which substance use disorder is a large part, the recent issuance by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

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Department of Health and Human Services Issues Request for Information on Cybersecurity Standards

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The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has issued a formal request for information from the public about how regulated entities are implementing industry recognized security practices. The request for information...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OCR Issues Request for Information Regarding Modification of HIPAA To Promote Care Coordination and Transition to Value-Based Care

On December 14, 2018 the Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting public input on updates to regulations promulgated under the Health Insurance...more

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HHS Seeking Input on HIPAA Changes

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a Request for Information (RFI) regarding how the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules could be modified to reduce regulatory burdens and to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OCR Seeks Ideas on HIPAA Rule Changes to Promote Value-Based Care and Coordinated Care

The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a request for information (“RFI”) to assist OCR in identifying provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) privacy and security regulations (the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

OCR Seeks HIPAA Comments on Coordinated Care

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The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a Request for Information, which is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on Dec. 14, 2018. OCR is asking the public to provide...more

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Will California’s New Privacy Law be Preempted? Federal Hearings and Public Comments Begin

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Although numerous attempts have been made to pass a comprehensive U.S. privacy law over the years, this one might actually succeed. Efforts have begun on multiple fronts. From Senate Commerce Committee hearings to several...more

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