As the health care industry continues reeling from the recent Change Healthcare ransomware attack that crippled large portions of the U.S. health care system, health care providers are naturally reminded of the importance of...more
3/12/2024
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular
In April and May, the NAIC Privacy Protections Working Group held the first three of its biweekly calls to discuss its recipe for a new privacy model, “Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law #674.” During the...more
On February 9, 2022, U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the “Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act.” The bipartisan act, intended to modernize the Health Insurance Portability and...more
2020 can rightfully be called the year for remote health care. Fueled by necessity and accompanying loosened regulations, telehealth and the demand for remote patient monitoring boomed. Signs that this progress is here to...more
COVID-19 has challenged health care providers to change the way they offer services — from shifting to an increasingly remote workforce to diving into telehealth. These adjustments have privacy implications. The following are...more
6/18/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
PHI ,
Remote Working ,
Risk Assessment ,
Telecommuting ,
Telehealth
As we’ve previously reported, COVID-19 has caused a surge in telehealth and has temporarily reduced the HIPAA Security Rule requirements placed on telehealth service providers. ...more
Florida lawmakers have proposed data privacy legislation that, if adopted, would impose significant new obligations on companies offering a website or online service to Florida residents, including allowing consumers to “opt...more
1/15/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Information Governance ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Management ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
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