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Relaxed HIPAA Restrictions For Providers Using Telehealth
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On May 1, 2025, additional enhanced cybersecurity controls required by the Second Amendment to the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) (the “Second Amendment”) take...more
As part of a multiyear rollout, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has established May 1, 2025, and November 1, 2025, as effective dates for certain amendments to its cybersecurity regulations. These...more
In November 2023, New York State's Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) amended its cybersecurity regulation, Part 500. This legal alert provides an update for Covered Entities and Class A Businesses on the current NYDFS...more
Covered entities regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) must submit cybersecurity compliance forms by April 15, 2025. New sets of requirements for system monitoring and access privileges,...more
As we previously reported, in 2023 the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) amended its cybersecurity regulation, 23 NYCRR 500 (or Part 500). As of November 1, 2024, Class A Companies and Covered Entities...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a proposed rule to better protect electronic health data from cybersecurity threats. The proposed rule would apply to health plans, healthcare...more
At the close of 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Proposed Rule) to amend the Security Rule regulations established...more
The HIPAA Security Rule may soon undergo a big overhaul that would better defend healthcare data from cybersecurity threats – and require much more from covered entities when it comes to establishing and maintaining defenses....more
Virtually all organizations have an obligation to safeguard their personal data against unauthorized access or use, and, in some instances, to notify affected individuals in the event such access or use occurs. Those...more
In a December 2022 bulletin published by the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), HHS made clear that the use of third-party tracking technologies by covered entities and business...more
On December 6, 2021, in the Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, the Office of Management and Budget took a more aggressive position on strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity posture. Under this...more
The Compliance Institute is celebrating 25 years! Join us for the Compliance Institute's 25th anniversary, April 19-22, 2021. This year, HCCA is excited to celebrate over two decades of compliance excellence with our...more
Given the choice between credit card data and digital health records, cybercriminals prefer the latter. A stolen credit card can be canceled. Electronic protected health information (ePHI) with its treasure-trove of...more
Report on Patient Privacy 20, no 5. (May 2020) - Many health care organizations are racing to implement or augment telehealth services as the COVID-19 pandemic has upended medical care. But a cybersecurity expert is warning...more
Companies should take note of two imminent developments in New York in the area of cybersecurity regulation: enforcement of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation (Regulation) and the...more
On September 1, 2018, five new requirements included in the New York State Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) Cybersecurity Regulation go into effect – (1) audit trails, (2) application security, (3) data disposal...more
HIPAA was enacted in 1996. In the years since, most healthcare entities have adapted to the major requirements imposed by HIPAA, HITECH, and the Privacy and Security Rules. Nevertheless, the thicket of regulations still...more
I have negotiated hundreds of SaaS agreements for dozens of software companies and I always hated when the company on the other side was a healthcare provider. Invariably, they would bring up Protected Health Information...more
On August, 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Advocate Health Care Network (Advocate) agreed to pay a settlement amount of $5.55 million and adopt a...more
On Thursday, August 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced the largest settlement ever with a single entity for multiple potential Health Insurance Portability and...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued a warning regarding vulnerabilities in third-party applications used by entities covered by HIPAA. The OCR warning applies...more