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HHS OCR Releases Proposed Updates to HIPAA Security Rule

Paul Hastings LLP on 1/23/2025

On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Security Standards for the Protection of...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 Proposes Changes to Strengthen HIPAA Security Rule

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/7/2025

Material updates to the HIPAA Security Rule could be on the way — affecting all HIPAA-regulated entities — for the first time in two decades. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed...more

Right To Know - December 2024, Vol. 24

Clark Hill PLC on 12/20/2024

Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

Coming This December: Will Health Care Entities Be Unwrapping New HIPAA Security Rules for the Holidays?

Alston & Bird on 11/1/2024

Our Health Care and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Groups cover an upcoming proposed rule from U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) that would formalize cybersecurity requirements and allow the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...more

[Webinar] Don't Be the Next Change Healthcare: How to Avoid a Breach and Prepare Your Response Plan - October 29th, 12:00 pm -...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 10/18/2024

During the first half of this webinar, Jen Mitchell, Bryan Murray and Laura Fryan, will focus on practical tips and pointers on avoiding a HIPAA breach and what lessons you can take away from the Change Healthcare breach. ...more

Insider Threats to Healthcare Data: What You Need to Know and 5 Steps You Can Take Now

Fisher Phillips on 5/22/2024

Healthcare data breaches are occurring more frequently and on larger scales than ever before – and while you defend against cyberattacks and other external threats, make sure you do not overlook the critical role your...more

Emerging Threats: Cyber Attacks and Side-Channel Evolution

Polsinelli on 12/15/2022

“Side-Channel” attacks generally refer to a type of criminal cyber attacker activity that exploits vulnerabilities so that the attacker can collect and analyze “leakage” of data from a device, as a means to identify certain...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 9. Privacy Briefs: September 2022

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 9/13/2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 9 (September, 2022) - More than 92% of patients believe privacy is a right and their health data should not be available for purchase, according to a survey from the American Medical...more

'Ecosystem' of Connected Devices Heightens Cybersecurity Risk

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/17/2022

Report on Medicare Compliance 31 no. 18 (May 16, 2022) - In a version of the future that hopefully never comes, malware is able to remove malignant-looking tumors from CT or MRI scans before they were reviewed by...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 3. Privacy Briefs: March 2022

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 3/14/2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 3 (March, 2022) - HHS said in early March that it was not aware of any specific threat to U.S. health care organizations stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “However, in the...more

Securing Problematic 'Legacy' Devices: Be Part of Procurement, Push for Info

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 3/14/2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 3 (March, 2022) - Typically a “legacy” describes the lasting impact of an influential person or movement, most often in a positive sense. Not so with medical devices. When legacy is applied...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2022

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 2/15/2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 2 (February, 2022) - Tensions between the U.S. and Russia could lead to a heightened risk of Russian state-sponsored cyberattacks on U.S. interests, including health care organizations,...more

2022 Outlook: More Dangerous Ransomware Coupled With Inadequate Security Practices

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 1/17/2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 1 (January, 2022) - As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, real “security fatigue” with pandemic-related issues will combine with cybercriminals’ increasingly sophisticated...more

[Event] Richmond Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - December 10th, Richmond, VA

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 11/2/2021

Our one-day Regional Compliance Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more

To Combat Cyber Crime, White House Initiative Promises Tools; Some Seek Funding, New Laws

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 9/14/2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21 no. 9 (September, 2021) - As ransomware attacks become epidemic and breaches get larger, the Biden administration is partnering with private industry to bolster security and education in an...more

Health Care Triage: Cybersecurity Risk in the Health Care Industry

K&L Gates LLP on 8/9/2021

As health care providers are increasingly relying on complex and integrated electronic medical record systems, the health care industry has rapidly become one of the most frequent and often vulnerable targets for...more

Ransomware, COVID-19 and Regulations: Healthcare Entities Confront a Triple Threat

BakerHostetler on 7/1/2021

Given what the healthcare industry faced in 2020, the seventh edition of our Data Security Incident Response (DSIR) Report, “Disruption and Transformation,” is aptly titled. As if fighting the COVID-19 pandemic weren’t enough...more

Hackers Will Not Only Take Your Money, They Could Also Take Your Patients’ Lives

Reveal on 6/17/2021

Go to just about any news site today and there is probably a new story about a data breach that costs a company millions of dollars. Just in the past few weeks, we’ve seen Colonial Pipeline pay as much as $5 million in...more

Cybersecurity and HIPAA: Government Issues New Warning and Guidance in Wake of Increased Threats

Holland & Hart LLP on 6/15/2021

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights in Action (OCR) issued a warning that cybercriminals are attempting to exploit a critical vulnerability in VMware software. This alert originates from...more

Security Threats Soar From Nation-State Bad Actors as the New Year Gets Underway

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 1/13/2021

Report on Patient Privacy 18, no. 1 (January 2021) - Security threats to health care entities will continue to escalate in 2021, as bad actors with significant capabilities target pandemic-weary organizations still...more

From Her Words to OCR's Ears: 'Dissent' Seeks to Hold Hackers, Leakers Accountable

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 11/10/2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - In her 14-plus years of investigating and blogging about hacking and breaches, “Dissent” has been yelled at, threatened with lawsuits and accused of being a criminal....more

Compliance: Top Takeaways from Foley and PYA’s Annual “Let’s Talk Compliance” Event

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/11/2020

For the second year in a row, Foley & Lardner LLP and PYA hosted a compliance master class on various health-related compliance issues. “Let’s Talk Compliance” is an annual one-day event featuring a panel of presenters that...more

Trickbot and Emotet Financial Malware Now Attacking the Healthcare Industry

Stoel Rives - Global Privacy & Security Blog® on 11/26/2019

In a recent Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques Report focusing on the health care industry, cybersecurity company Malwarebytes discovered a significant 82% spike in Trojan malware attacks on health care organizations in Q3...more

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