Reproductive health privacy rule vacated.
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy Final Rule (Privacy Rule)....more
2/11/2026
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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New Regulations ,
Notice of Privacy Practices ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Vacated
The 2025 Top Ten list reflects a regulatory environment in significant transition. Last year’s healthcare privacy and security landscape presented extraordinary challenges for compliance professionals, marked by sweeping...more
2/4/2026
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Business Associates ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
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Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
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Supply Chain
Effective January 1, 2026, all Massachusetts emergency departments, including satellite emergency facilities, will be required to provide, at minimum, acute stroke ready services. In August, the Department of Public Health...more
9/15/2025
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Public Health ,
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Reporting Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Health Departments ,
Telehealth
On April 9, 2025, emergency amendments filed by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM) became final, enshrining protections for Massachusetts’ providers for the delivery of reproductive healthcare...more
On April 22, 2024, the Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy Final Rule. The final rule limits the sharing of protected health...more
1/24/2025
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues
At the March 13, 2024 Public Health Council meeting, the Department of Public Health’s inaugural Assistant Commissioner for Health Equity, Dr. Hafsatou Diop, MD, MPH, presented DPH’s Strategic Plan to Advance Racial Equity....more
On November 6, 2023, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued its long-awaited General Compliance Program Guidance (“Guidance”) “to help advance the industry’s voluntary compliance efforts in preventing fraud, waste,...more