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Data Security Office of Civil Rights Regulatory Agenda

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Proposed Update to the HIPAA Security Rule

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

HHS Proposes Significant Updates to HIPAA Security Rule

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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

Troutman Pepper Locke

HIPAA Security Rule Revamp Is on the Horizon

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On January 6, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published significant proposed amendments (proposed rule) to the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York Adopts Comprehensive Hospital Cybersecurity Requirements

Cyberattacks on healthcare organizations are on the rise, with the number of affected individuals nearly tripling between 2022 and 2024, according to data compiled by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Fresh From the Oven: OCR-HHS Issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the HIPAA Security Rule

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‘Tis the season for holiday baking and the elves at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), have been diligently crafting their own holiday treat. On December 27,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: November 2024

Change Healthcare Inc. has amended its initial breach report to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to state that 100 million individuals were impacted by its mammoth ransomware attack and breach. However, as of Oct. 24,...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Health Care Privacy and Security In 2024: Six Critical Topics to Watch

As we reflect on the flurry of activity in the health care data privacy and security space in 2023 and look ahead to what will continue to be a busy 2024, we are seeing the early stages of federal agency movement to align the...more

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Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: Changes in Health Data Privacy Legislation

Editors’ Note: This is the fourth in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed the CCPA, energy, and Brexit. Up next:...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Privacy and Data Security Alert | December 2019

SDNY Rejects Standing under “Increased Risk” Theory Where Data Not Targeted or Stolen - The Southern District of New York rejected a settlement that would have resolved a class action based on the unauthorized (and...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Privacy and Data Security Alert | November 2019

EU Court Allows Class Action to Proceed, Sets Precedent for Future Data Breach Class Actions - A class action brought against Google will be allowed to move forward after the plaintiff’s appeal was permitted, allowing him to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OCR Seeks Ideas on HIPAA Rule Changes to Promote Value-Based Care and Coordinated Care

The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a request for information (“RFI”) to assist OCR in identifying provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) privacy and security regulations (the...more

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OCR Seeks HIPAA Comments on Coordinated Care

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The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a Request for Information, which is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on Dec. 14, 2018. OCR is asking the public to provide...more

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