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Legal Readiness for AI in Healthcare: A Provider’s Quick Guide

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize industries and is poised to bring transformative change in healthcare delivery, drug discovery, diagnostics, and data analysis and communication. This technology is...more

Kerr Russell

May I Use Patient Information to Respond to Internet Criticism?

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Question: It was recently brought to my attention that a patient posted on the internet false and misleading information regarding treatment I provided to her. The posting also contains false and defamatory descriptions of me...more

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HIPAA Compliance for AI in Digital Health: What Privacy Officers Need to Know

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the digital health sector, driving advances in patient engagement, diagnostics, and operational efficiency. However, for Privacy Officers, AI’s integration into digital health...more

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Florida Bar Urges Law Firms to Adopt Incident Response Plans: A Call to Action for Legal Professionals

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In late March 2025, the Florida Bar Board of Governors unanimously endorsed the recommendation of its Special Committee on Cybersecurity and Privacy Law that law firms should adopt written incident response plans (IRPs) to...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Estate Planning for Young Adult Children

The job of parenting can be consuming with the drive to protect children in all circumstances, including the unthinkable. However, the topic of estate planning for children still looms large on the mind of most parents....more

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HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation with Health Fitness Corporation

On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of HIPAA security rule claims involving Health Fitness Corporation (Health Fitness). Health Fitness...more

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Recent Enforcement Reminds Companies: Assess HIPAA Compliance

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A HIPAA compliance assessment is an evaluation of an organization's practices, policies, and procedures to ensure that they align with requirements from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). It...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Latest Installment of our Mintz Matrix!

Please visit here to visit our Mintz Matrix page with the latest edition of the Mintz Matrix, which is a 50-state resource we have maintained since 2009 to break down and summarize requirements of U.S. state data breach...more

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OCR Proposes Modification to HIPAA Security Rule

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In late December 2024, the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Security Standards to the Protection of Electronic Protected...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

HHS Security Rule NPRM Proposes Makeover for Administrative Safeguard Compliance for Regulated Entities

In this week’s installment of our blog series on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) HIPAA Security Rule updates in its January 6 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), we are exploring the proposed updates...more

Fenwick & West LLP

CLE Takeaways: Top 10 Privacy & Cybersecurity Must-Knows for 2025

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The legal landscapes for privacy and cybersecurity continue to evolve rapidly, presenting both challenges and opportunities for innovative companies. Indeed, 2024 was a busy year, with the enactment of a number of new federal...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

We’ll Take the Fine: OCR’s ‘Unwarranted,’ Costly Demands Prompted Hospital’s $538K Payment

The saga that led Children’s Hospital Colorado to accept a fine of more than $500,000 imposed by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) began on July 11, 2017, when a physician’s email account containing details on 3,300...more

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Pressure-Testing Your Privacy Program for 2025

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With the onslaught of new privacy, AI and cyber legislation coupled with promises for enforcement and class action litigation, running a well-functioning and flexible privacy and cyber program is increasingly a critical...more

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Significant New HIPAA Obligations on Their Way for 2025

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The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued proposed changes to the HIPAA Security Rule (“Proposed Rule”) on January 6, 2025, and is accepting comments from the public until March 7, 2025. The Proposed Rule...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

HIPAA Security Rule Updates: New Business for Business Associates

Bradley has launched a multipart blog series on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule, beginning last...more

Conn Kavanaugh

What Every Business Should Know About AI in 2025: Legal Perspectives and Predictions

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Entering 2025, artificial intelligence (“AI”) has passed the hype stage and now drives transformation across industries by reshaping business operations, customer interactions, and regulatory environments. Understanding the...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

New Year, New Data Breach Notification Requirements in New York: Impactful Changes for Life Sciences and Consumer Health Care...

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In December 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law two bills (A8872A and S2376B; collectively, the “Bills”) that amend New York’s Data Breach Notification Law. The Bills introduce a maximum thirty-day timeframe...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

AI is here to stay?

Artificial intelligence or AI—yes, we are talking about it again. The explosion of AI in healthcare will only continue to grow. Statistics show that the total market value of AI in healthcare will expand to over $148 billion...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

HHS Abandons Appeal in Public Website Pixel Case, But CEs and BAs Should Expect Continued Scrutiny

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has abandoned its appeal of a federal judge’s ruling overturning OCR’s guidance prohibiting covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) from using the web-tracking technologies...more

Lathrop GPM

Is AI Putting Your Organization at Risk?

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AI tools often drive efficiency and save money, but they have drawbacks. Here’s what to know....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Nuanced Privacy Laws Means Healthcare Organizations Should Prioritize Protecting Personal Information

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The healthcare industry is among the most highly regulated industries when it comes to privacy protections. In addition to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), healthcare providers also...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

‘An Unknown Individual Walked In’: Protecting Against Telehealth Risks Includes Non-IT Threats

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and other government agencies aren’t just worried that providers understand—and mitigate—the privacy and security risks of telehealth. In fact, in 2022, the Government Accountability...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

As AI-Assisted Research Advances, Experts Share Worries, Oversight Strategies; Collaboration Urged

At Cornell University, institutional review board (IRB) members meet with the chief information security officer and a liaison to the general counsel’s office. Their regular attendance has been “really critical,” said IRB...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

11 Years After First Disclosure, L.A. Care Pays $1.3M, Says ‘Processing Errors’ Caused Breaches

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 10 (October, 2023) By 2016, it should have been clear to HIPAA covered entities that a security risk analysis—and corresponding risk management plan—were compliance basics. Yet, a new...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 2, February 2023

Illinois Supreme Court Allows Massive Damages in Biometric Privacy Cases - “The case involves Ohio-based fast-food company White Castle.” Why this is important: Illinois has the strictest biometric privacy law in the...more

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