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OCR finalizes rule prohibiting certain reproductive health care disclosures
The Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights April 22 released a final rule prohibiting entities regulated by the HIPAA Privacy Rule from using or disclosing protected health information to investigate or prosecute patients, providers or others involved in providing legal reproductive health services.
Cassidy proposes ways to strengthen health data privacy
Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, R-La., Feb. 21 released a report proposing ways to modernize the existing HIPAA framework and protect health and other data not covered by HIPAA.
NIST updates HIPAA cybersecurity resource guide
The National Institute of Standards and Technology this week released updated guidance to help HIPAA-covered entities and business associates assess and manage cybersecurity risks to electronic protected health information and comply with the HIPAA security rule.
HHS Finalizes Changes to Information-sharing Requirements for Addiction Treatment
The HHS Office for Civil Rights and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Feb. 8 finalized modifications of certain provisions of part 2 of title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, commonly known as 42 CFR Part 2 (or Part 2), to align requirements for patient records regarding treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) with those in effect under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule.
Outdated Regs Impede Care Transformation
Last week, we released a report as part of the AHA’s on-going campaign seeking regulatory relief for hospitals and health systems. It highlights how outdated fraud and abuse regulations created under the Stark and Anti-Kickback laws are barriers to transforming patient care.
Case Complaint: AHA, THA, THR, United Health Care System v. Rainer
The American Hospital Association and the Texas Hospital Association (Associations), along with Texas Health Resources and United Regional Health Care System (Hospitals), bring this action because the federal government is threatening to enforce against hospitals and health systems a new rule that is flawed as a matter of law, deficient as a matter of administrative process, and harmful as a matter of policy.
Hospital Associations and Hospitals File Lawsuit Challenging Federal Rule That Ties Providers’ Hands
The American Hospital Association (AHA), joined by the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources, and United Regional Health Care System, today sued the federal government to bar enforcement of an unlawful, harmful, and counterproductive rule that has upended hospitals’ and health systems’ ability to share health care information with the communities they serve, analyze their own websites to enhance accessibility, and improve public health.
Hospital Associations and Hospitals File Lawsuit Challenging Federal Rule That Ties Providers’ Hands
The American Hospital Association (AHA), joined by the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources, and United Regional Health Care System, today sued the federal government to bar enforcement of an unlawful, harmful, and counterproductive rule that has upended hospitals’ and health systems’ ability to share health care information with the communities they serve, analyze their own websites to enhance accessibility, and improve public health.
Case Explainer: American Hospital Association v. Rainer
American Hospital Association (AHA) v. Rainer concerns a new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that severely restricts hospitals’ ability to rely on common third-party technologies that they use to analyze their websites and communicate reliable, accurate health information to the communities they serve.
Myth vs. Fact: HHS-OCR Online Tracking Rule
A list of Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR)’s claims about third-party technologies and its Bulletin, along with the realities of how these technologies function and how the new rule was issued.