HIPAA

Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, R-La., Feb. 21 released a report proposing ways to modernize the existing HIPAA framework and protect health and other data not covered by HIPAA.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology this week released updated guidance to help HIPAA-covered entities and business associates assess and manage cybersecurity risks to electronic protected health information and comply with the HIPAA security rule.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Feb. 8 finalized modifications of certain provisions of part 2 of title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, commonly known as 42 CFR Part 2 (or Part 2), to align requirements for patient records…
The American Hospital Association and the Texas Hospital Association (Associations), along with Texas Health Resources and United Regional Health Care System (Hospitals), bring this action because the federal government is threatening to enforce against hospitals and health systems a new rule that…
The American Hospital Association (AHA), joined by the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources, and United Regional Health Care System, today sued the federal government to bar enforcement of an unlawful, harmful, and counterproductive rule that has upended hospitals’ and health systems…
The American Hospital Association (AHA), joined by the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources, and United Regional Health Care System, today sued the federal government to bar enforcement of an unlawful, harmful, and counterproductive rule that has upended hospitals’ and health systems…
American Hospital Association (AHA) v. Rainer concerns a new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that severely restricts hospitals’ ability to rely on common third-party technologies that they use to analyze their websites and communicate…
A list of Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR)’s claims about third-party technologies and its Bulletin, along with the realities of how these technologies function and how the new rule was issued.
The American Hospital Association (AHA), joined by the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources, and United Regional Health Care System, today sued the federal government to bar enforcement of an unlawful, harmful, and counterproductive rule that has upended hospitals’ and health systems…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights Oct. 18 released a resource for health care providers who choose to educate patients about telehealth privacy and security, noting that the HIPAA rules do not require it.