The proposed rule would modify the HIPAA Security Rule to require health plans, health care clearinghouses, and most health care providers, and their business associates, to strengthen cybersecurity protections for individuals’ protected health information.
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By Matt Fisher – 2024 cannot end without a further wrinkle on the HIPAA front. Earlier in the year, the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services modified the HIPAA Privacy Rule by adding language specific to reproductive health care and reproductive health care services.
By Jay Trinckes – In recent years, healthcare organizations have struggled to address the rising number of data breaches and cyberattacks plaguing the industry. The Change Healthcare breach in particular caused the exposure of the protected health information of as many as one in three Americans earlier this year.
By Matt Fisher – The HHS Office for Civil Rights is finishing 2024 with a flurry of HIPAA settlements and there is still more time to go. Each settlement offers a different insight into necessary compliance and oversight activities.
By Matt Fisher – The HHS Office for Civil Rights continues to pursue enforcement actions when alleged non-compliance occurs following a right of access request. Not every settlement provides the same degree of insight or ability to follow OCR’s line of thinking though. That is the case stemming from the latest civil monetary penalty announced by OCR.
By Ian Cohen – Healthcare organizations in particular are responsible for managing privacy risks resulting from third-party website functionality. Third parties can be introduced in various ways for many purposes, such as simplifying website development, adding “share” buttons like the Facebook button, or sending user data to third-party advertising services.
By Susan Clark – Like many of you, I’m loyal to a fault to people and companies that have my back. That’s why making Clonnections is so important, to establish ties for future business friendships and collaborations that may benefit you, the other person, or both.
By Chuck Suitor – Picture a hospital where the power is out, patient records are inaccessible, and life-saving equipment has stopped functioning. This scenario could become a reality if we don’t take immediate action. Cyberattacks have evolved beyond mere data theft; they now pose a direct threat to patient safety and the integrity of our healthcare system.
By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights announced the latest in its ongoing series of settlements or penalties stemming from individual right of access issues under HIPAA on October 17, 2024, which also happens to be the fiftieth such settlement.