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HHS Amends HIPAA To Further Protect Privacy …

(9 days ago) WEBChanges to the privacy rule are likely to put regulated entities at odds with courts and law enforcement the reproductive health care is lawful under the law of the state in which the health care is provided under the circumstances in which it is provided; or (ii) the …

https://www.dwt.com/blogs/privacy--security-law-blog/2024/04/hhs-amends-hipaa-for-reproductive-healthcare-phi

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The Biden-Harris Administration Issues New Rule to …

(3 days ago) WEBProhibits the use or disclosure of PHI when it is sought to investigate or impose liability on individuals, health care providers, or others who seek, obtain, provide, or facilitate …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/04/22/biden-harris-administration-issues-new-rule-support-reproductive-health-care-privacy-under-hipaa.html

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Statement from President Joe Biden on Final Rule to …

(4 days ago) WEBToday, my Administration is strengthening privacy protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act as part of our efforts to help protect access to …

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/22/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-final-rule-to-strengthen-privacy-protections-for-reproductive-health-care/

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HIPAA Privacy Rule Final Rule to Support Reproductive …

(1 days ago) WEBThe reproductive health care is lawful under the law of the state in which such health care is provided under the circumstances in which it is provided. For example, if a resident of …

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/special-topics/reproductive-health/final-rule-fact-sheet/index.html

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HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care …

(6 days ago) WEBWe appreciate these comments that recognized the growing threat to the privacy of PHI and the need to strike an appropriate balance between ensuring health care privacy …

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/26/2024-08503/hipaa-privacy-rule-to-support-reproductive-health-care-privacy

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Biden administration issues new rule to protect privacy of those

(5 days ago) WEB“This rule prohibits those regulated by HIPAA — health care providers, health plans, clearing houses and their business associates — from using or disclosing a person’s protected health

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/health/biden-administration-new-rule-reproductive-health-care-privacy/index.html

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HHS Proposes Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to …

(3 days ago) WEBWhen reproductive health care is “protected, required, or expressly authorized by federal law, regardless of the state in which such health care was provided.” 17 This …

https://www.ropesgray.com/en/insights/alerts/2023/04/hhs-proposes-changes-to-the-hipaa-privacy-rule-to-strengthen-privacy-protections

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HIPAA News Releases HHS.gov

(5 days ago) WEBFor assistance, contact the HHS Office for Civil Rights at (800) 368-1019, TDD toll-free: (800) 537-7697, or by emailing [email protected]. HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles …

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/newsroom/index.html

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New Federal Data Privacy and Protection Legislation Introduced

(7 days ago) WEBIn the absence of a federal data privacy law, many states have introduced their own laws, with California being the first state to introduce a comprehensive consumer data privacy …

https://www.hipaajournal.com/federal-data-privacy-legislation-2024/

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How New Federal, State Laws Impact Healthcare Data Privacy

(5 days ago) WEBIn fact, Connecticut recently became the fifth state to enact its own comprehensive data privacy law, behind California, Virginia, Utah, and Colorado. Numerous other states …

https://healthitsecurity.com/features/how-new-federal-state-laws-impact-healthcare-data-privacy

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New Legislation Aims to Upgrade HIPAA to Account for New …

(6 days ago) WEBOn February 9, 2022, US Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced bipartisan legislation designed to modernize health privacy laws, including …

https://www.morganlewis.com/blogs/healthlawscan/2022/02/new-legislation-aims-to-upgrade-hipaa-to-account-for-new-healthcare-technologies

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New HIPAA Regulations in 2023-2024 - HIPAA Journal

(1 days ago) WEBOCR has also stated its intention to make the enforcement of reproductive health care privacy violations a priority in 2024. OCR Gets a New Director. However, Parts of the …

https://www.hipaajournal.com/new-hipaa-regulations/

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HIPAA Updates and HIPAA Changes in 2024 - HIPAA Journal

(7 days ago) WEBIn a document outlining the Strategy, HHS states it will begin updating HIPAA Security Rule standards in the Spring of 2024, while working with Congress to increase the civil …

https://www.hipaajournal.com/hipaa-updates-hipaa-changes/

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Health Data Privacy Changes in 2021 - National Law Review

(7 days ago) WEBMuch changed in the privacy law landscape in 2020, including a heightened focus on the use and disclosure of health information. As 2021 gets underway, businesses should be …

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/cheers-to-heightened-health-privacy-2021

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Protecting the privacy of health information: A baker’s dozen …

(1 days ago) WEBIn the past few months, the FTC has announced case after case involving consumers’ sensitive health data, alleging violations of both Section 5 of the FTC Act and the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule. The privacy of health information is top of mind for consumers – and so it’s top of mind for the FTC. Companies collecting or using …

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/07/protecting-privacy-health-information-bakers-dozen-takeaways-ftc-cases

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Health Care / Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Advisory

(3 days ago) WEBOn February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Office for Civil …

https://www.alston.com/en/insights/publications/2024/02/hhs-final-rule-brings-complex-changes

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HHS final rule requires HIPAA compliance changes for …

(2 days ago) WEBThese changes, which will take effect in early 2026, prohibit the use and disclosure of reproductive health care information for an investigation, prosecution or identification of …

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/hhs-final-rule-requires-hipaa-2614128/

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Rethinking Patient Data Privacy In The Era Of Digital Health

(8 days ago) WEBAs federal and state lawmakers look to revamp privacy rules, this post outlines a proposal to adapt and extend the familiar HIPAA framework, and some of the fiduciary principles …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/rethinking-patient-data-privacy-era-digital-health

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Health Information Privacy Laws in the Digital Age: HIPAA Doesn't …

(3 days ago) WEBHIPAA remains the most critical law related to healthcare privacy because it provided a direct and unavoidable right to privacy for all patients. 4–6. Compliance with the original …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883355/

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13 Years After the ACA: Modernizing the Health Care Laws to …

(5 days ago) WEBThe Affordable Care Act, considered by many to be perhaps the most consequential health care legislation since Medicare and Medicaid were enacted in 1965, marked its 13th anniversary yesterday. The historic law has provided coverage to more than 30 million Americans and done a great deal of good to advance our nation’s health.

https://www.aha.org/news/perspective/2023-03-24-13-years-after-aca-modernizing-health-care-laws-meet-changing-needs

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Health Information Privacy Law and Policy HealthIT.gov

(2 days ago) WEBYes. There are some federal and state privacy laws (e.g., 42 CFR Part 2, Title 10) that require health care providers to obtain patients’ written consent before they disclose …

https://www.healthit.gov/topic/health-information-privacy-law-and-policy

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Biden moves to block abortion records from criminal …

(5 days ago) WEBThe Biden administration on Monday updated federal health privacy rules to protect patients seeking abortion and providers involved in the procedure.. Why it matters: New …

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/22/biden-abortion-records-patients-hipaa-investigations

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HIPAA Privacy Rule and Its Impacts on Research

(1 days ago) WEBThis form may ask you to let your doctors or other health care providers give your personal health information to the research team. The authorization form could also ask you to let …

https://privacyruleandresearch.nih.gov/patients.asp

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H.R.7585 - Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022

(Just Now) WEBHealth Equity and Accountability Act of 2022. increases access to culturally and linguistically appropriate health care. The bill also modifies eligibility and other …

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7585

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Summary of State Legislative Efforts Aimed at Health Care

(9 days ago) WEBThe National Academy for State Health Policy tracked 35 bills on care delivery and payment transformation (introduced and enacted) across 17 states during their 2023 legislative …

https://nashp.org/summary-of-state-legislative-efforts-aimed-at-health-care-transformation-reforms/

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2024 Health Care Legislative and Regulatory Activity Forecast

(4 days ago) WEBThe Forecast for Legislative and Regulatory Activity on Health Care in 2024. The House of Representatives meets at the U.S. Capitol on October 18, 2023, in Washington, D.C. …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2024/forecast-legislative-and-regulatory-activity-health-care-2024

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U.S. Data Privacy Protection Laws: A Comprehensive Guide - Forbes

(6 days ago) WEBThe GLBA, signed into law by Clinton in 1998, covers data privacy for financial institutions. The law requires these institutions, including “companies that offer consumers financial products or

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/04/21/us-data-privacy-protection-laws-a-comprehensive-guide/

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Senate Passes Two-Year Extension of Surveillance Law Just After It …

(2 days ago) WEBThe law lapsed only briefly after a late-night deal that allowed votes on privacy advocates’ proposed changes, all of which were defeated. By Charlie Savage and Luke …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/us/politics/senate-passes-surveillance-law-extension.html

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UnitedHealth Says Ransom Was Paid in Change Healthcare Hack

(Just Now) WEBUnitedHealth Group Inc. found files containing private information on a vast number of Americans whose data may have been compromised in a February cyberattack that …

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/unitedhealth-unh-says-ransom-was-paid-in-change-cyberattack

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Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule HHS.gov

(9 days ago) WEBThe covered entities in an organized health care arrangement may use a joint privacy practices notice, as long as each agrees to abide by the notice content with respect to …

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/index.html

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UnitedHealth Data Leak May Affect ‘Substantial’ Swath of US (1)

(9 days ago) WEBUnitedHealth Group Inc. found files containing private information on a vast number of Americans whose data may have been compromised in a February cyberattack that …

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/insurance/unitedhealth-says-ransom-was-paid-in-change-healthcare-hack

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UnitedHealth paid ransom in Change Healthcare cyberattack, says …

(3 days ago) WEBChange Healthcare offers payment and revenue cycle management tools. The company facilitates more than 15 billion transactions annually, and 1 in every 3 patient records …

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/change-healthcare-ransom-cyberattack-patient-data-rcna148959

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Speaker, Gibbons P.C. and Experior Data, "Being Hip to HIPAA: …

(9 days ago) WEBRecent amendments to HIPAA regulations will affect a variety of businesses, whether they are health care providers or they provide services to health care-related companies. The federal stimulus package included far-reaching requirements regarding the privacy and security of health information which must be complied with by February 17, …

https://www.gibbonslaw.com/resources/events/speaker-gibbons-p-c-and-experior-data-being-hip-to-hipaa-how-recent-changes-in-law-will-affect-your-company-for-years-to-come-newark-nj

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UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on …

(6 days ago) WEBThe cyberattack at Change Healthcare began on February 21 and resulted in ongoing widespread outages at pharmacies and hospitals across the United States. For weeks, …

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/22/unitedhealth-change-healthcare-hackers-substantial-proportion-americans/

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Ohio Senate changes to hospital price bill shock sponsor, advocates

(5 days ago) WEBBill to force Ohio hospitals to detail cost of services gets major changes in Senate A bill to make hospitals publish the actual prices of their services passed the Ohio House in June …

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/22/ohio-senate-changes-to-hospital-price-bill-shock-sponsor-advocates/73368551007/

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