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HIPAA & Health Information Technology | Monitoring Legal Developments Relating to the Privacy and Security of Health Information | Fox Rothschild LLP menu Current Page: Home About Resources Contact Subscribe Search Close Enter Search Terms Search HIPAA & Health Information Technology Monitoring Legal Developments Relating to the Privacy and Security of Health Information Uncategorized Comprehensive Federal Privacy Bill May Open Backdoor for HIPAA Private Right of Action By Elizabeth G. Litten on April 9, 2024 The American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (APRA), a bipartisan and historic” comprehensive data privacy bill unveiled April 8, 2024, would preempt state data privacy laws and be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, states, and affected individuals. As per the Press Release : This comprehensive draft legislation sets clear… Continue Reading Comprehensive Federal Privacy Bill May Open Backdoor for HIPAA Private Right of Action Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Records Now More Closely Aligned With HIPAA By Elizabeth G. Litten on February 8, 2024 Today the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finalized rules published in December… Continue Reading Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Records Now More Closely Aligned With HIPAA Groundbreaking U.S. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Rule May Mean A Healthier New Year In 2025 and Beyond By Elizabeth G. Litten on December 28, 2023 Exactly 12 days before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of… Continue Reading Groundbreaking U.S. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Rule May Mean A Healthier New Year In 2025 and Beyond In Case You Missed It: New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance By Aaron Black on December 1, 2023 On November 6, 2023, the HHS Office of Inspector General published a new compilation of… Continue Reading In Case You Missed It: New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance Subscribe to HIPAA & Health Information Technology Subscribe to this blog The Latest L.A. Care to Pay $1.3 Million Settlement Over HIPAA Violations: What You Need to Know By Aaron Black on September 28, 2023 Disregard your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act obligations at your own risk. That’s the stark warning covered entities and business associates should take away from a recent settlement entered… Continue Reading L.A. Care to Pay $1.3 Million Settlement Over HIPAA Violations: What You Need to Know FTC and OCR Issue Joint Website Tracking Warning Letter By Amy A. Perry on July 31, 2023 Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC”) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR”) issued a joint letter (Joint Letter”) ( https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/FTC-OCR-Letter-Third-Party-Trackers-07-20-2023.pdf )… Continue Reading FTC and OCR Issue Joint Website Tracking Warning Letter Survey: Nearly All Providers Say Interoperability Capabilities Are Vital in Post-Acute Care By Amy A. Perry on May 19, 2023 Brightree by ResMed (Brightree”), a cloud-based management software platform for healthcare providers, has conducted its biannual interoperability survey, and issued its corresponding biannual Interoperability and Engagement Research Report . Most… Continue Reading Survey: Nearly All Providers Say Interoperability Capabilities Are Vital in Post-Acute Care Register for Fox Rothschild’s 2023 Privacy Summit By Fox Rothschild LLP on April 18, 2023 Privacy, data security and regulatory compliance affect companies in every industry. Join leading privacy professionals at our fifth annual Privacy Summit as they discuss some of the most consequential topics… Continue Reading Register for Fox Rothschild’s 2023 Privacy Summit Are We There Yet? New HIPAA Privacy Protections for Reproductive Health Data May Be Just Ahead By Elizabeth G. Litten on April 14, 2023 As states enact and enforce various laws restricting, prohibiting, and even criminalizing abortion and other reproductive health care services, HIPAA rules that allow disclosure of patient information become potential privacy… Continue Reading Are We There Yet? New HIPAA Privacy Protections for Reproductive Health Data May Be Just Ahead Better Keep Health Data Private, FTC Signals to On-Line Health Care Providers By Elizabeth G. Litten on March 2, 2023 Watch out HHS, the FTC is taking the lead in enforcing privacy violations by companies also subject to HIPAA. BetterHelp, an on-line mental health platform, engaged in unfair and unreasonable… Continue Reading Better Keep Health Data Private, FTC Signals to On-Line Health Care Providers OCR Warns Providers About Patient Data Trackers By Elizabeth G. Litten on December 2, 2022 Earlier this week, our Fox partner Odia Kagan spoke on HIMSS TV about the risks associated with what may be a blind spot” in your data privacy compliance efforts: the… Continue Reading OCR Warns Providers About Patient Data Trackers Is Your Website HIPAA-Compliant? By Vijay Choksi on August 1, 2022 If you are a HIPAA-covered entity or business associate, you likely know that patient PHI may only be created, received, maintained, and transmitted as permitted by the HIPAA Security Rule… Continue Reading Is Your Website HIPAA-Compliant? Beware of Third-Party Trackers Like Meta Pixel. Ignoring Them Could Be Costly. By Odia Kagan on July 21, 2022 If you are dealing with sensitive information of any kind (yes, this includes precise geolocation, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc), but especially health information (and yes, reproductive health information too), do… Continue Reading Beware of Third-Party Trackers Like Meta Pixel. Ignoring Them Could Be Costly. View All Topics View All Posts About this Blog Few industries undergo the type of continual transformation that defines the health care industry in the United States. 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