Data Protection, Technology, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/7/2025

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

HHS Abandons Appeal in Public Website Pixel Case, But CEs and BAs Should Expect Continued Scrutiny

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 9/24/2024

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has abandoned its appeal of a federal judge’s ruling overturning OCR’s guidance prohibiting covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) from using the web-tracking technologies...more

Special Report: Understanding ONC’s Health AI Transparency and Risk Management Regulatory Framework

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/10/2024

The Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) final rule, issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of...more

Inside the Healthcare Industry: Understanding Emerging Data Privacy & Security Risks and Regulations

J.S. Held on 11/29/2023

According to the Theft Resource Center and its 2022 data breach reports, data privacy and security threats are impacting all aspects of the healthcare industry – from providers to payers to medical device companies to...more

Litigation Surge From the Use of Tracking Technology & the Sharing of Healthcare and Personal Data

J.S. Held on 4/20/2023

Introduction: Tracking Software in the Healthcare Industry - Privacy-related concerns have become increasingly prominent in recent years, especially with the widespread use of third-party tracking tools such as tracking...more

Privacy And Data Security For Life Sciences And Health Care Companies

Troutman Pepper on 2/14/2014

Pepper Hamilton Health Care-Life Sciences Webinar - The explosion of mobile technology and Web applications linking patients with doctors, pharmacies and medical devices is undergoing scrutiny by the FDA, FTC, HHS and...more

Guidance on De-Identified Protected Health Information Offers In-depth Instruction on Technical Issues

Baker Donelson on 1/8/2013

The HITECH Act required the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish a number of “Guidance” documents to inform the health care industry and its advisors about practical aspects of HIPAA compliance and HITECH...more

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