Feb. 16, 2026, is the deadline for updating and distributing HIPAA Notices of Privacy Practices (“NPP”) that address the confidentiality ...

The long-overdue final HIPAA omnibus rule was posted on the Federal Register public inspection desk Jan 17. The package of regulations will be officially posted on the Federal Register on Jan. 25. See ...

Melanie Fontes Rainer, HHS OCR director, speaking at a HIPAA summit this week (Image: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee) As the final months of the Biden administration wrap up, regulators at the agency charged ...

In light of the upcoming deadline for covered entities to update their Notice of Privacy Practices by February 16, 2026, covered entities ...

A recent decision from the Connecticut Supreme Court holds that HIPAA does not preempt state law negligence actions, and suggests state courts can look to federal HIPAA regulations as a guide to ...

AMARILLO, Texas — A federal court in Texas issued a preliminary injunction that partially halts the Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing a new HIPAA rule that restricts the ...

Credit: Getty Images The rule aims to promote trust and open communication between patients and their health care providers. The “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support ...

The HIPAA Privacy and Security Omnibus final rule should bring some long-awaited clarification and certainty to marketing, fundraising and other aspects of ...

The Department of Health and Human Services on Feb. 20 published the long-awaited final rule on security standards to safeguard the "confidentiality, integrity and availability" of electronic ...

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“These changes are consistent with, and arise in part from, the Department’s obligations under Executive Order 13563 to conduct a retrospective review of our existing regulations for the purpose of ...

In examining how the Office of Civil Rights administered its periodic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audit program from January 2016 through December 2020, the U.S. Department of ...