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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

HHS’s Proposed Security Rule Updates Will Substantially Increase the Controls Needed to Comply with the Technical Safeguard...

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In this week’s installment of our blog series on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) HIPAA Security Rule updates in its January 6 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), we are tackling the proposed updates...more

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HHS OCR Releases Proposed Updates to HIPAA Security Rule

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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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

OCR Issues Proposed Rule to Strengthen Cybersecurity for ePHI

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The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) to modify the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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Proposed Changes to the HIPAA Security Rule Will Have a Significant Impact on the Health Care Sector

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A few days ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), through its Office for Civil Rights, issued the proposed rule HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health...more

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HHS Proposes Changes to Strengthen HIPAA Security Rule

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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

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Addressing Cybersecurity Expectations in Healthcare

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2024 is shaping up to be a very active year for regulatory and enforcement developments in the healthcare industry – developments that concern not just hospitals and nursing facilities, but many non-healthcare companies as...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

Cybersecurity a Top Priority – HHS Publishes New Cybersecurity Performance Goals

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has expanded upon its recent Healthcare Sector Cybersecurity Concept Paper (which we covered in a prior blog post), issuing cybersecurity performance goals (“CPGs”) for...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

AI, Phishing Attacks, Healthcare, and a $480,000 OCR Settlement under HIPAA

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Phishing has long been a favorite tactic for threat actors (hackers) to commence a cyberattack. The rapid expansion of more adaptable and available artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as natural language...more

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Telehealth Providers: HHS Issues HIPAA Best Practices

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Recognizing the evolving landscape of care delivery and growth of telehealth, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a resource guide aimed at assisting telehealth providers in explaining the privacy...more

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Federal Agencies Issue Joint Alert On Imminent Cybercrime Threat To Healthcare Providers

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory stating they have...more

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Anthem Agrees to $48 Million Multi-State Settlements Over 2014 Data Breach

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Health insurer Anthem, Inc. has finally reached a settlement with a coalition of 41 states plus the District of Columbia, and a separate settlement with California, to resolve state attorney general investigations of a data...more

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