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Powering Up Part 2: HHS Announced OCR Enforcement Authority for Part 2 Final Rule

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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will be ready to enforce the 2024 Part 2 Final Rule by the February 16, 2026, compliance deadline now that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has delegated enforcement...more

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OCR to Enforce Part 2 Provider Compliance for Patients’ Substance Use Disorder Records

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Our Health Care Group discusses a new role for the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in enforcing HIPAA Part 2 provider confidentiality rules for patients’ substance use disorder records....more

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3 Takeaways From Recent Cyberattacks On Healthcare Cos.

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Significant data breaches have affected major players in the healthcare industry in the last year, with the methods of attack being as diverse as the affected entities themselves. Originally published in Law360 - June 4,...more

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HHS Signals Enforcement Regarding Patients' Substance Use Disorder Treatment Records

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Aug. 27, 2025, published a Statement of Delegation of Authority (Statement) in the Federal Register. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delegated authority to the HHS...more

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Ep. 75 – Back to Basics: Understanding a Patient’s Right to Request an Accounting of Disclosures

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Our Back-to-Basics series celebrates back-to-school season by taking a fresh look at some basic compliance obligations....more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Escalating ICE Presence in Health Care Settings — What Providers and Administrators Must Know Now

On July 8, a routine enforcement action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at a surgery center in California escalated into criminal charges for two health care workers. ICE agents were attempting to detain...more

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Ep. 73 – Back to Basics: Understanding a Patient’s Right to Access Their Health Information

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In celebration of the back-to-school season, the Healthcare Compliance Podcast is launching a new Back to Basics series—this time with a focus on patient rights under HIPAA. Each Thursday in August, the podcast will cover a...more

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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

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Medical Negligence And Its Liabilities Under UAE Law

Medical practitioners form one of the most important professions in the world. The significance of this profession results in a high number of responsibilities on individuals in the medical field. The UAE Government has...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

US healthcare offshoring: Navigating patient data privacy laws and regulations

Unlike other sectors, US healthcare businesses must reconcile cost-saving strategies with stringent compliance obligations, especially when patient data crosses national borders or is accessed overseas....more

Stoel Rives - Health Law Insider®

Nationwide Impact: HIPAA Reproductive Health Care Privacy Rule Vacated

On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas invalidated provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (2024 Rule) in the case of Purl v. United States Dep’t...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Virginia's Protection of Reproductive Health Information Law – Part One, Scope, Applicability, and Penalties

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In Part One of this FAQ series, we break down Virginia's Senate Bill 754, Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information (Act), which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act...more

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HIPAA Reproductive Health Rule Vacated Nationally

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A federal judge in Texas has vacated almost all of the 2024 HIPAA Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy that created special protections for reproductive health care information, finding that the U.S. Department of...more

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AI Contracts in Health Care: Avoiding the Data Dumpster Fire

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For AI companies in the health care space, data is everything. It fuels model performance, drives product differentiation, and can make or break scalability. Yet too often, data rights are vaguely defined or completely...more

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Ontario’s More Convenient Care Act, 2025: A New Strategy for the Healthcare Sector

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On May 5, 2025, the Ontario government introduced Bill 11, the proposed More Convenient Care Act, 2025 (“MCCA”), a legislative initiative aimed at supporting the province’s long-term healthcare goals for first reading. Bill...more

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Have You Done Your Part to Comply with Part 2 Changes?

Important changes are coming to 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2), which deals with the confidentiality of patients’ substance use disorder (SUD) records. On April 16, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

OCR Loses Staff, Faces Move to New ‘Enforcement’ Office; Will HIPAA Focus, Independence Suffer?

Today, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of the Office of Inspector General and Office of General Counsel, one of just a dozen or so agencies reporting directly to the secretary....more

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Virginia’s New Sweeping Reproductive and Sexual Health Privacy Law May Affect All Companies Doing Business in the State

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Last week, on March 24, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed SB 754, which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (Act) to regulate obtaining and disclosing “reproductive or sexual health information” by any...more

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HIPAA Regulations & Business Associate Agreements In The Age Of Digital Collaboration

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The healthcare industry has come up against unprecedented pressure in recent years. Digital transformation has had a significant role to play when it comes to creating the efficiency needed to deal with the challenges of a...more

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Ep. 54 – Situations to Address in Your Minor Consent Policies – Part 2

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Healthcare providers often have a detailed policy outlining when a minor may consent to care and when a parent or legal guardian’s consent is needed. Situations can arise in the treatment of minors that can make administering...more

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2025 Ohio Maximum Fees for Copying Medical Records

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The Ohio Department of Health (the “Department”) published its 2025 Medical Records Price Index in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code which sets forth that the fees charged for the copying of medical records may be...more

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New York Poised to Transform Health Data Privacy

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New York lawmakers have passed a groundbreaking health privacy bill, the New York Health Information Privacy Act (NYHIPA or the Act), which could significantly redefine how entities handle health-related data. The Act, which...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New York Executive Budget Proposes Patient Consent to Payment Law Updates

The recently released New York State Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 contains proposed revisions to a recently enacted law impacting how healthcare providers obtain patients’ consent to payment. NY Public Health Law...more

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ICE in your Healthcare Facility? No Need to Freeze

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​​​​​​​For over a decade, agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) were instructed pursuant to official policies to refrain from conducting law enforcement actions in or near various “sensitive locations”...more

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New York’s Proposed Health Information Privacy Act Takes Aim at Digital Health Companies

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The New York Health Information Privacy Act (NYHIPA), if enacted, could create a chilling effect on patient access and engagement to readily available digital health care services relied upon by New Yorkers. Digital health...more

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