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PEOs Need to Prepare for Increased Cybersecurity Requirements Thanks to Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Revisions

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With the HIPAA Security Rule set to undergo a massive overhaul to boost cybersecurity protections, PEOs need to take note. After all, as stewards of worksite employee and client company data – and as sponsors of group health...more

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Proposed Updates to HIPAA Security Rule Would Require Entities to Adopt Enhanced Cybersecurity Measures

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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

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HIPAA Security Rule Revamp Is on the Horizon

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On January 6, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published significant proposed amendments (proposed rule) to the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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HHS’ Last-Minute Holiday Gift: Proposed Changes to the HIPAA Security Rule

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) on December 27, 2024, to significantly amend HIPAA’s Security Rule, which sets forth the security standards...more

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HHS Office for Civil Rights Proposes Measures to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Health Care Under HIPAA

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed significant modifications to the HIPAA Security Rule and the HITECH Act in an attempt to strengthen cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health...more

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Shortly After its Online Tracking Technologies Bulletin is Declared Unlawful, HHS-OCR Stands Down, Withdraws Appeal

On August 29, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS-OCR”) withdrew its appeal of an order by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas’...more

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CMS Proposes Remedy for 340B-Acquired Drug Payment Policy for CY 2018-2022

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Along with its calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have also published the long-awaited proposal to remediate the...more

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OCR Issues Reproductive Health Propose Rule, Focuses on Part 2-But Not Privacy Amendments

HIPAA covered entities (CEs) longing for the opportunity to dispense with what some would call the more nettlesome aspects of notices of privacy practices (NPPs) will just have to be patient. For how long, no one is saying....more

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HHS Proposes HIPAA Changes to Protect Reproductive Health Information

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (Proposed Rule) on April 12, 2023, proposing amendments to the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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HHS Goes Back to the Drawing Board on the 340B ADR Process

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Citing “policy and operational challenges” with the current 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Process, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a new Proposed Rule to modify the current ADR...more

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HHS Proposes Rule Strengthening Section 1557 Protections Against Nondiscrimination in Health Activities

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​​​​​​​On Aug. 4, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its proposed rule, Nondiscrimination in Health Care and Activities (Proposed Rule), to revise its regulations pertaining to Section 1557 of the...more

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Pending Proposed Rule Would Make Far-Reaching Changes to HIPAA Privacy Regime

On January 21, 2020, the far-reaching HIPAA Privacy Proposed Rule, initially released on December 10, 2020, was published in the Federal Register. Despite speculation that the publication timeline would be altered when the...more

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CY 2020 OPPS Proposed Rule – HHS Seeks Comments on 340B Payment Reductions and Remedies

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This past week, CMS confirmed it will continue the 2018 and 2019 underpayment policy for certain 340B covered entities unless the D.C. Court of Appeals upholds the lower court’s ruling that it is unlawful. In that case, CMS...more

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A New HIPAA Accounting Rule on the Horizon?

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Under HIPAA, patients have a right to information about certain disclosures, referred to as an accounting. Under the current iteration of the regulations, covered entities and business associates need not account for...more

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HHS Proposes Administrative Dispute Resolution Process for 340B-Related Claims

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On August 12, 2016, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that establishes an administrative dispute resolution process for...more

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