Learn what health tech brands must know about the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Improve compliance and protect sensitive patient data with clear strategies.

Any entity handling personal electronic healthcare information therefore should take the initiative to ensure compliance.

The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules require covered entities (including healthcare providers and health plans) and their business associates to protect patient ...

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 ...

On January 6, 2025, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“Proposed Rule”) containing significant updates to the ...

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In recent years, health care organizations and the vendors that support them have been prime targets for cyber attacks. Indeed, just last year, the ransomware attack on the health care clearinghouse ...

Credit: Getty Images The changes are the first update to the rule since 2013. The proposed changes would require health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and insurance companies to strengthen ...

3. Final rule on Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information under the HITECH Act, which replaces the breach notification rule’s “harm” threshold with a more objective standard and ...

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1. Sept. 23, 2013 compliance deadline for new requirements.On Jan. 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the long-awaited omnibus final rule pursuant to the Health ...