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Navigating the Digital Health Frontier: Unpacking NYHIPA’s Far-Reaching Impact on Health Data Privacy

On January 22, the New York State Legislature passed Senate Bill S929, titled the New York Health Information Privacy Act (NYHIPA), which is poised to redefine how businesses handle health and wellness-related data in and...more

DEA Proposes Three-Tiered Special Registration System for Prescribing and Dispensing of Controlled Substances

On January 15, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a series of rules relating to the telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances, including a proposed...more

HHS Proposes Major Revisions to HIPAA Security Rule

On December 27, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). ...more

Congress Considers New Cybersecurity Legislation Adjunct to HIPAA

In the wake of Change Healthcare’s February 2024 ransomware attack, which affected the protected health information (PHI) of at least 100 million individuals — the largest breach of PHI in history — the federal government’s...more

Medicare Part C Under Scrutiny: Upcoding, Enforcement, and Future Changes

A new inspector general report finds that Medicare Part C reimbursement to private insurers increased by $4.2 billion in 2023 for diagnoses from home visits despite leading to no additional treatment. ...more

Federal Judge Vacates Health and Human Services Pixel Tracking Guidance

On June 20, 2024, a Texas federal judge ruled that guidance published by the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) prohibiting covered entities from disclosing information collected by third-party...more

In Updated Guidance on Use of Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Regulated Entities, HHS-OCR Takes Expansive View of When Information...

On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS-OCR) revised its controversial December 2022 bulletin (the December 2022 Bulletin) regarding the use of tracking technologies by...more

SAMHSA Final Rule Codifies Opioid Treatment Program Telehealth and Take-Home Medication Flexibilities

On February 2, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Final Rule that expands access to medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) via telehealth modalities and “take-home” doses....more

Telehealth HIPAA Compliance Flexibilities Extended as the Public Health Emergency Ends

During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), many federal telehealth rules were made flexible to accommodate the need for continued access to healthcare, including prescribing controlled substances without an in-person...more

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