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21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule Finally Has Teeth With Respect to Providers

On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published a final rule...more

HHS Amends HIPAA To Further Protect Privacy of Reproductive Health Care Information

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week released final amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to further protect the privacy of protected health information (PHI) related to reproductive health care....more

HHS Reveals Strategy for Addressing Healthcare Sector Cybersecurity

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued a concept paper describing its overarching strategy to address healthcare cybersecurity. The concept paper builds on the Biden-Harris Administration's National...more

HHS Proposes Information Blocking Disincentives for Health Care Providers

While health care providers have been required to comply with the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule (the Rule) since April 5, 2021, as of yet there is no enforcement mechanism in place with respect to the Rule...more

How State General Privacy Laws Apply to Healthcare Providers - October 2023

In January, we wrote about how new comprehensive state consumer data privacy laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), apply to healthcare providers. At the time five states had enacted such laws:...more

New Washington Law Has Broad Implications For Protecting Consumer Health Data - Landmark ‘My Health My Data’ Act Reaches Beyond...

On April 27, 2023, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law the My Health My Data Act (the "Act"), which will regulate the collection, use, and disclosure of "consumer health data" ("Consumer Health Data" or "CHD"). The...more

The Clock Is Ticking: HIPAA Small Breach Notifications Due March 1

HIPAA-covered entities must notify the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of "small" breaches of unsecured protected health information that were discovered during calendar-year 2022 no...more

HHS Publishes Guidance on Using Online Tracking Technologies Under HIPAA

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a bulletin on December 1, 2022, clarifying that "regulated entities are not permitted to use tracking technologies in a manner that would...more

Information Blocking Rule Expands to Cover Electronic Designated Record Set

In two weeks, on October 6, 2022, the scope of the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule expands to prohibit health care providers from blocking or interfering with patient access to any electronic information in a...more

Politics and PHI, Bad Online Reviews, and the Right of Access

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced four enforcement resolutions at the end of March 2022, with issues ranging from the misuse of protected health information (PHI)...more

Does the Information Blocking Rule Permit Delaying the Release of Electronic Health Information?

The 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule's applicability date of April 5, 2021, is just around the corner. Nevertheless, healthcare providers are still struggling with understanding their obligations under the new...more

Will the Biden Administration Complete the "Regulatory Sprint" With HHS' Proposed HIPAA Amendments?

On January 21, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published proposed changes to the privacy rule (Privacy Rule) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This Notice of Proposed...more

Top HHS "Information Blocking" Regulatory Compliance Challenges

As the November 2 compliance date quickly approaches, healthcare providers are finding that tackling the new "information blocking" regulations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requires substantial...more

Help Is on the Way for Telehealth: Loosened HIPAA Enforcement

Telehealth is an essential tool in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic as well as in treating other ailments during this time. The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued a...more

More Data Please! The Challenges of Applying Health Information Privacy Laws to the Development of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become part of our daily lives, from greeting us in the morning through smart home devices, creating shopping lists, playing music, setting timers, and alerting us of a traffic jam on our...more

Healthcare in the AI Crosshairs

News broke last month that Google partnered with the second-largest health system in the U.S., Ascension Healthcare, to collect and analyze the health information of millions of patients in a program code-named "Project...more

To Accept CMPs or Not to Accept CMPs?

In a Rare Imposition of HIPAA Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs) Rather than Settlement, What to Accept May Have Been the Question - On October 23, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights...more

Sprint Regulations: EHR and Cybersecurity Proposals

Consistent with the Administration’s broader effort to reduce regulatory burdens within the healthcare industry, the Sprint Regulations include proposals designed to remove barriers to the widespread adoption of cybersecurity...more

HIPAA Small Breach Notifications Due March 1

March 1, 2019 is the date by which HIPAA covered entities must notify the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of “small” breaches of unsecured protected health information that were...more

Where Is the HIPAA Right to Defend One’s Self?

When a patient publicly disparages a health care provider, HIPAA leaves the health care provider in a seemingly impossible situation. If the health care provider does not respond and dispute the allegation, then its...more

Is OCR Moving the Goal Posts on Vendor Management?

Recent statements at the 27th National HIPAA Summit suggest that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) may be changing its position and expecting a greater level of vendor due...more

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