Updates to Statute 1557 that Healthcare Providers Need to Know
Privacy and Healthcare Business Associates with Isabella Porter
State Law Privacy Video Series | Healthcare Entities and Health Data
Gerry Blass on Healthcare Vendor Risk Management
AGG Talks: Technology - In the Balance: Interoperability and Security
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Relaxed HIPAA Restrictions For Providers Using Telehealth
Compliance Perspectives: Permissible Disclosures under HIPAA, Especially in the Time of COVID-19
Polsinelli Podcasts - Confusion to Clarity on the Future of the 340B Program
Polsinelli Podcast - HIPAA Changes Overview
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
Following the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recent publication of four settlements as part of a new Risk Analysis Audit Initiative. We explore the current regulatory language for Risk Analysis, the proposed language for Risk...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
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
What better way to welcome the new year than with proposed new HIPAA Security Rules? As 2024 came to an end, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced new proposed regulations to strengthen cybersecurity and...more
On October 2, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) issued new cybersecurity regulations (Regulations) for all general hospitals in New York state (“hospitals”), creating a new Section 405.46 in Title 10 (Health)...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (the "DFS"), under its Cybersecurity Regulation—23 NYCRR Part 500—issued a memorandum providing guidance on the risks posed by artificial intelligence...more
HCCA's Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is a three-and-a-half-day interactive education program with a focus on the vast body of privacy laws and regulations in place to help you protect PHI and other critical data. Our...more
On October 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) embraced the end of Spooky Season by announcing two more ransomware-related enforcement actions. ...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released guidance highlighting the cybersecurity risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) and how covered entities regulated by NYDFS...more
On October 23-24, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory hosted the Safeguarding...more
Last month, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), which has broad regulatory powers over financial services-related entities and insurance companies operating in New York State, published guidance...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued an industry letter entitled “Cybersecurity Risks Arising from Artificial Intelligence and Strategies to Combat Related Risks” in response to...more
Keypoint: The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) circulated an industry letter offering guidance to NYDFS “Covered Entities” for assessing and managing AI-related cybersecurity risks, including threats...more
On October 16, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NY DFS) issued an industry letter to entities regulated by NY DFS (covered entities) providing guidance addressing the cybersecurity risks associated with...more
On October 16, 2024, the NY DFS issued an Industry Letter explaining “how Covered Entities should use the framework set forth in Part 500 to assess and address the cybersecurity risks arising from AI.”...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS or the “Department”) published an industry letter (the “Guidance”) regarding the increased reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) and the...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued an Industry Letter that discusses the cybersecurity risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and outlines strategies to...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released an Industry Letter—entitled Cybersecurity Risks Arising from Artificial Intelligence and Strategies to Combat Related Risks (the “Letter”)....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
As the first state law to regulate the results of Artificial Intelligence System (AI System) use, Colorado’s SB24-205, “Concerning Consumer Protections in Interactions with Artificial Intelligence Systems” (the Act), has...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has, as part of its mandate, the responsibility to enforce the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule....more
Data privacy and security are a rapidly expanding area of regulatory activity and patient attention. For most health care providers, central data privacy and security legal obligations flow from the federal Health Insurance...more