In early January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The Proposed Rule would modify the Security Standards for the Protection of...more
1/24/2025
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On December 22, the day before the 2024 Final HIPAA Privacy Rule (2024 Rule) was set to go into effect, a federal district court in Texas enjoined enforcement of the 2024 Rule against Dr. Carmen Purl and Dr. Purl’s Fast Care...more
12/31/2024
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On December 21, 2024, President Biden signed into law the American Relief Act, 2025 (2025 Relief Act), which funds the federal government through March 14, 2025, and provides certain disaster relief provisions and other...more
12/30/2024
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On April 22, 2024, the Office of Civil Rights issued a Final Rule titled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (2024 Final Privacy Rule).
Originally Published by the American Bar Association....more
11/1/2024
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On April 22, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Final Rule titled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Final Rule)....more
10/31/2024
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