The proposed cybersecurity rule, released during the waning days of the Biden administration, would add “substantial new ...
High regulatory burdens and costs to comply would not be feasible, particularly for smaller and rural hospitals, potentially ...
A proposed cybersecurity update would bring with it unfunded mandates and burden IT and security teams with increased documentation, reporting and compliance requirements that conflict with modern IT ...
More than 100 health systems and other provider organizations “have united to oppose” cybersecurity and privacy regulations proposed back in January. | The cybersecurity and privacy regulation update ...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Privacy Rule is a federal law prohibiting health care providers, businesses and the people working with ...
HHS seeks input HIPAA security rule video by Dec. 8 to address risk management and OCR investigations in a prerecorded presentation.
The federal law known as HIPAA protects patient privacy — some advocates say it can also shut out family members trying to help relatives experiencing mental-health crises. A mother in Michigan faced ...
42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2) Final Rule: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule updating privacy protections for substance use disorder (SUD) records created by an SUD ...
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has finished its review of proposed rules related to changes to HIPAA privacy and security rules, meaning the rules could hit the streets this week. The OMB ...
The federal government is upping the ante on healthcare providers to strengthen their policies and procedures for protecting electronic health information. On March 26, the final Health Insurance ...
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on June 18, 2025, issued an order vacating the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care ...
Editor’s Note: As workplaces reopen, many employers are grappling with whether to require employees to be vaccinated or to impose mask mandates. Some have faced resistance in the form of false claims ...