HHS has proposed a new rule under HIPAA that would allow providers to electronically transfer attachments and sign documents to streamline prior authorizations and other healthcare claims transactions ...

This summary highlights recent 2025 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights ...

As a reminder, in April 2024, HHS issued a Final Rule amending the HIPAA Privacy Rule in a few significant ways: Defining “reproductive health care” broadly to ...

The 2026 HIPAA Security Rule update will introduce major new requirements, including universal encryption of electronic ...

An unmitigated revamp of healthcare cybersecurity is coming in 2025, and experts warn that the compliance burden for organizations will be steep. Since 2005, healthcare organizations have been subject ...

Agency: "Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services." SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS ...

HHS Secretary Alex Azar says proposed HIPAA privacy rule changes aim to "break down barriers" in care coordination. The Department of Health and Human Services on ...

A recent decision from the Connecticut Supreme Court holds that HIPAA does not preempt state law negligence actions, and suggests state courts can look to federal HIPAA regulations as a guide to ...

The goal is to help public health departments collect information vital to their efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered changes in HIPAA guidance related to how ...