Missouri and other states are challenging HIPAA's abortion privacy rule in court, potentially threatening the entire health privacy law. Lawsuits question HIPAA's constitutionality, risking patient ...
The sweeping reorganization of the federal health bureaucracy includes designating a new top cop at the Health and Human ...
Despite his pledge to "launch a new era of radical transparency," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is issuing a new rule today that effectively eliminates input from knowledgeable health care ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a major restructuring and workforce reduction on Thursday. The ...
On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of ...
The NPRM introduces the first significant updates to HIPAA’s security rule in over a decade. The NPRM revises definitions of ...
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the fifth enforcement action under its Risk Analysis Initiative. In this case, OCR ...
In recent years, health care organizations and the vendors that support them have been prime targets for cyber attacks.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wants to update the HIPAA security rule for the first time in more than a decade to bolster healthcare cybersecurity. On January 6, the Office ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a settlement with ...
Major cybersecurity breaches continue to plague the US healthcare industry, and on December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of ...
Under a new HIPAA proposal, organizations would need to conduct penetration testing at least once a year to help identify any ...