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New HIPAA Final Rule: Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Podcast - Data Privacy and Tracking Technology Compliance
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 10
AI Risks in Healthcare
Business Associates Here, There, and Everywhere: When Does Your Service Provider Really Need to Sign a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement?
Healthcare Privacy Walkthroughs
Dobbs on Demand: Healthcare Privacy on the Line in a New Legal Setting
HIPAA Tips With Williams Mullen - Health Care Providers - Are You Ready for a Ransomware Attack?
Hybrid Workforces and Compliance with Sheila Limmroth
Privacy and Healthcare Business Associates with Isabella Porter
Podcast: Interoperability: The Provider Perspective - Diagnosing Health Care
HIPAA Tips With Williams Mullen - COVID Health Information and HIPAA – Do You Know the Rules?
Podcast–Interoperability: How Far We’ve Come and Where We’re Going - Diagnosing Health Care
State Law Privacy Video Series | Healthcare Entities and Health Data
Getting Personal—Wearable Devices, Data, and Compliance
AGG Talks: Technology - In the Balance: Interoperability and Security
Podcast: How Can Companies in the Health Care and Life Sciences Industries Strengthen Their Cybersecurity Posture? - Diagnosing Health Care
Nick Culbertson on Compliance Breaches in Healthcare
Privacy Series: HIPAA Breaches - When It Is, and When It Is Not a Breach
The New York State legislature passed the Health Information Privacy Act (“NYHIPA”) on January 22, 2025, marking the second state to introduce a comprehensive consumer health data law. If passed, the NYHIPA imposes more...more
In a major development for all businesses handling health data, New York lawmakers passed a sweeping health data privacy bill Wednesday that could have far-ranging consequences across the country. S929, also known as the New...more
The revamped Health Breach Notification Rule by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took effect on July 29, 2024, expanding consumer privacy protections to the users of online health platforms and health and wellness apps. Our...more
A California federal court recently ruled that disclosure of certain data collected through website cookies that may qualify as health information could trigger a data breach under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) –...more
Learning Objectives: - Explain the evolution of state data protection laws over the past year - Explore the focus on protecting health consumers - Describe practical approaches on how to build a privacy program when...more
Enforcement of Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA or the Act) starts now. Passed by the Washington state legislature last year and designed broadly to protect “consumer health data,” the Act is one part of a larger...more
New state privacy laws regulating health data impose significant obligations and heightened risks. In addition to existing laws in California, Colorado and other states, Washington State’s My Health My Data Act and Nevada’s...more
For decades, medical providers and other covered entities have satisfied their health-data privacy obligations by complying with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) — but this is changing...more
Over the past year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has emerged as a leading actor in the health privacy enforcement space, spearheading enforcement actions, policy statements, and regulatory changes all aimed at...more
Washington’s groundbreaking “My Health My Data Act” (HB 1155) (the Act) was signed into law on April 27, 2023. This Act imposes new requirements on the processing and sale of consumer health data by organizations with a nexus...more
It has been a while since we last gathered for one of the monthly public meetings of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission). Clearly, the monthly nature of the meetings is questionable, but then again, there are...more
Data privacy laws have been progressing globally, but federal legislation in the U.S. has been lacking - Businesses are facing a growing number of data privacy regulations. This is especially apparent among those in highly...more
On June 15, 2022, Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced Senate Bill S.4408, Health and Location Data Privacy Act of 2022 (the “Bill”). The Bill, co-sponsored with Senators Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Bernie...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) now has a full slate of Commissioners and it is expected to ramp up privacy and cybersecurity enforcement and rulemaking in a number of critical areas. Join us for a discussion of the FTC’s...more
We are delighted to announce the second annual GDPR Training Series*, a series of webinars which aims to broaden depth of knowledge and expertise in the general data protection regulations (GDPR). Each session aims to...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is easing, telemedicine is facing an important crossroads. While telehealth services have demonstrated their value as an integral part of care delivery, federal and state waivers...more
Contact Tracing Is Crucial: Contact tracing is the systematic identification of infected individuals and their relevant contacts. Along with rapid testing and targeted quarantines, contact tracing is an effective and crucial...more
On Thursday, May 14, House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chair Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce (CPC) Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced a bicameral counter-proposal to the...more
In an era of decreasing reimbursement and rapidly expanding opportunities associated with “big data”, healthcare entities may be looking for ways to monetize protected health information (“PHI”) for their own, non-patient...more