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Top 10 takeaways from the new HIPAA security rule NPRM

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/20/2025

On Jan. 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed new regulations to enhance cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI) under the Health Insurance Portability...more

To Comment or Not to Comment: Looking at the Biden Administration’s HIPAA Cybersecurity Proposed Reg

McDermott+ on 1/30/2025

One of the Biden Administration’s last healthcare regs was a proposed rule that, if finalized, would make significant changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule to...more

Proposed Update to the HIPAA Security Rule

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP on 1/24/2025

In early January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The Proposed Rule would modify the Security Standards for the Protection of...more

Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Updates — Implications for Covered Entities and Their Information Security Programs

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/23/2025

On January 6, 2025, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) updating the Health Insurance Portability and...more

HHS Proposes Significant Updates to HIPAA Security Rule

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/14/2025

On January 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

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

Fisher Phillips on 1/8/2025

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

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

Fisher Phillips on 1/7/2025

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

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

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/30/2024

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

Department of Health and Human Services Issues Request for Information on Cybersecurity Standards

Proskauer on Privacy on 5/6/2022

The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has issued a formal request for information from the public about how regulated entities are implementing industry recognized security practices. The request for information...more

HHS/OCR Seeks Comment on Scope and Implementation of “Recognized Security Practices”

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/15/2022

On April 6, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (HHS) called for public comment on an existing statutory provision that provides a safe harbor for entities that have voluntarily...more

Comment Deadline Extended for the HIPAA Proposed Privacy Rule

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/18/2021

On March 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced that the public comment period for the HIPAA proposed privacy rule would be extended until May 6, 2021. The rulemaking was...more

HHS Proposes Changes to Permit Donation of Cybersecurity Technology

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis on 10/23/2019

On October 17, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published proposed rules to update the regulatory Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) safe-harbors and exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral (PSR) Law, known...more

OIG Proposes to Add and Expand AKS Safe Harbors

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 10/22/2019

Key Points - On October 17, 2019, the OIG proposed rules to add safe harbor protections for coordinated care and associated value-based arrangements. - The OIG proposed several new safe harbors: value-based...more

Unique Opportunity to Influence Anti-Kickback Statute Rules

Polsinelli on 10/21/2019

Starting today, the industry has 75 days to provide input on the proposed rules published in the Federal Register regarding the future enforcement of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). ...more

CMS Proposes Changes to Physician Self-Referral Regulations to Promote Value-Based Health Care

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/18/2019

• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued a long-awaited proposal to reform the Physician Self-Referral Law’s (Stark Law’s) regulatory exceptions and to provide updated guidance for physicians and...more

HHS Announces Overhaul of Kickback and Stark Rules

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 10/18/2019

On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS') Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced plans for sweeping changes to rules policing health...more

HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Update Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbors – What Does it Mean for Life Sciences Companies?

King & Spalding on 10/17/2019

HHS’ Proposals are Designed to Promote Patient Care Coordination, Management, and Efficiencies, and Include Several Points of Interest for Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturers - In today’s Federal Register, the...more

Proposed Changes to Stark and Anti-Kickback Regulations May Provide New Flexibility for Healthcare Providers

WilmerHale on 10/15/2019

On October 9, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposals for a number of new and revised exceptions to the Stark Law and safe harbors for the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) that are intended to...more

HHS’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care – Part 1: CMS and OIG Issue Long-Awaited Proposed Rules

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/14/2019

On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) took the next step in their Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated...more

New Proposed Cybersecurity and EHR Donation Rules

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 10/11/2019

On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) simultaneously released a set of proposed rules (the “Proposed Rules”) that, among other...more

Deadline Approaching to Submit Comments on Potential Updates to HIPAA in Response to Agency Request for Information

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/31/2019

There are less than two weeks left to submit comments regarding potential updates to the privacy, security and breach notification regulations adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and...more

OCR Seeks Feedback for Modifying HIPAA Rules to Promote Efficiency and Reduce Burdens Placed Upon Covered Entities

White and Williams LLP on 12/21/2018

Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on modification of the Privacy and Security Rules under the Health...more

Happy New Year! Potential Changes to HIPAA Requirements on the Horizon

Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/19/2018

On December 12, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), requested public comments on potential changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s...more

HHS “Sprints” Toward New AKS Safe Harbors and Penalty Exceptions

McGuireWoods LLP on 9/26/2018

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched its “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care” to accelerate the healthcare system’s transformation to a value-based system rewarding coordinated care. This...more

Sprinting to Coordinated Care: Healthcare Industry Urges Stark Law Relief as OIG Solicits Feedback on Changes to the Anti-Kickback...

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 9/7/2018

August 24, 2018 marked a busy day for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) self-designated "Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care," an initiative aimed at dismantling the regulatory barriers to providers...more

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