Data Privacy, Patient Privacy Rights, Regulatory Reform

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

White House to Host Meeting on Data Brokering Industry as CFPB Promises New Regulations

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/18/2023

The White House hosted a roundtable meeting Tuesday on the data brokering industry as a part of an administration-wide push toward strengthening America’s consumer privacy landscape. The meeting brought together researchers,...more

Nevada Joins Washington and Connecticut to Protect Consumer Health Data Privacy

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/12/2023

On June 16, 2023, Nevada enacted Senate Bill 370 (“SB 370”), which imposes broad restrictions on the collection, use, and sale of consumer health data. This law is set to go into effect on March 31, 2024....more

Health Apps Beware: FTC Clarifies Health Breach Notification Rule with Significant Proposed Changes

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 6/9/2023

Direct-to-consumer health and wellness applications are forewarned: the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR), 16 C.F.R. part 318, that, if finalized, would cement...more

Washington's New Health Care Data Law is Expansive and Takes Effect Soon. Are You Ready?

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 5/22/2023

On April 27th, Washington State’s governor signed the Washington State My Health My Data Act—a law the legislature nominally designed to increase healthcare privacy. But it does more than that. The law uses sweeping...more

Proposed Changes to Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Rules Would Support Better Care, Decrease Stigma,...

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 1/18/2023

Amid the ongoing proliferation of headlines about the mental health crisis in the United States, of which substance use disorder is a large part, the recent issuance by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more