On May 31, 2024, more than four months after the February 2024 Change Healthcare ransomware attack, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) updated its Change Healthcare FAQs. ...more
On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented a Final Rule enhancing the HIPAA Privacy Rule to safeguard reproductive health care privacy. Given the recent Dobbs decision, HHS expressed...more
5/31/2024
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More than two months after the February 2024 Change Healthcare cyber-ransom attack, the healthcare industry continues to grapple with the fallout, creating significant challenges, disruptions, and outages to the healthcare...more
5/6/2024
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The proliferation of health apps and connected devices that allow individuals to track their health conditions, treatment, medications, fitness, fertility, sleep, mental health, diet and other vital areas has led to increased...more
3/30/2023
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