HIPAA & PrivacyJan 13, 2026
Epic & Providers Sue Health Gorilla Over Alleged Data Exploitation
EHR giant Epic, together with a handful of healthcare providers, has filed a federal lawsuit aimed at stopping what it calls a ...
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HIPAA & PrivacyJan 9, 2026
Is Giving ChatGPT Health Your Medical Records a Good Idea?
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HIPAA & PrivacyJan 5, 2026
HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Refresh for Self-Insured Group Health Plans: What to Change Before February 16, 2026
Self-insured group health plans are HIPAA “covered entities” and—unlike most fully insured arrangements—typically must ...
HIPAA & PrivacyJan 3, 2026
HIPAA Privacy Rule
The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides a federal floor of privacy standards that protects individuals’ health information and other ...
HIPAA & PrivacyDec 12, 2025
When does State Privacy Law Supersede HIPAA?
State privacy law supersedes HIPAA when a state law provides greater privacy protections for individually identifiable health ...
HIPAA & PrivacyDec 12, 2025
HHS should withdraw OCR's proposed HIPAA Security Rule, healthcare organizations say
The proposed update to strengthen the cybersecurity of electronic protected health information fails to account for "information ...
HIPAA & PrivacyDec 10, 2025
HIPAA protects patient privacy, but some say it shuts out caregivers
The federal HIPAA law protects patient privacy, but some say it can shut out family members trying to help relatives who are ...
HIPAA & PrivacyDec 5, 2025
What Does the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Do?
Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J Catalano is ...
HIPAA & PrivacyNov 26, 2025
Alleva Achieves ONC Certification, SOC 2, and HIPAA Compliance for Its Behavioral Health Platform
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif., Nov. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alleva, a leading behavioral health electronic medical record (EMR) and ...
HIPAA & PrivacyNov 19, 2025
Lawmakers press tech and health experts on AI safety and data privacy, hoping to shape future regulation
Members of Congress raised continued concerns this week about the rapid rise of AI chatbots and their growing role in mental ...
HIPAA & PrivacyOct 17, 2025
More States Adopt Consumer Privacy Laws to Address HIPAA Gaps
Almost half the US states have passed comprehensive consumer data privacy protections that go beyond federal health privacy rules ...
HIPAA & PrivacyOct 2, 2025
Are We Facing a New Dark Age for Public Health Data?
About a decade ago, I (Frank W. Putnam) read an editorial by the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences lamenting the high ...
HIPAA & PrivacyAug 26, 2025
Tiny US Agency to Enforce Substance Abuse Regs
HHS is moving regulatory administration and enforcement for the confidentiality of substance disorder records from SAMHSA to HHS ...
HIPAA & PrivacyAug 20, 2025
Telehealth's GLP-1 boom: balancing obesity care with HIPAA and state consumer privacy laws
August 20, 2025 - Demand for GLP-1 agonists, such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, exploded in 2024 and shows no signs of slowing ...
HIPAA & PrivacyJul 30, 2025
What Fitness Apps Know About You and Why Health Data Privacy Matters
Fitness apps have become an essential tool for millions of people seeking to monitor their health, exercise routines, sleep ...
HIPAA & PrivacyJul 14, 2025
Behavioral Health Provider Agrees to Pay $225,000 HIPAA Settlement Following Multiple Data Breaches
On July 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $ ...
HIPAA & PrivacyJul 13, 2025
HHS Reaches $225,000 Settlement With Deer Oaks Over HIPAA Violations and Data Breaches
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a ...
HIPAA & PrivacyJun 19, 2025
Paula M. Stannard Appointed Director of HHS Office for Civil Rights
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the appointment of Paula M. Stannard as Director of the ...
HIPAA & PrivacyJun 17, 2025
HHS OCR Continues Active HIPAA Enforcement with Three New Settlements
In the past several weeks, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") has ...
HIPAA & PrivacyJun 4, 2025
HHS Names New Director for HIPAA Enforcement Agency
Image: HHS, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has named ...
HIPAA & PrivacyMay 21, 2025
How to improve your mental health
Many individuals experience mental health issues throughout their lives. Taking proactive steps, from exercise and mindfulness to ...
HIPAA & PrivacyMay 2, 2025
What is HIPAA?
The federal standards for safeguarding patients’ PHI are known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule. This Rule stipulates what uses and ...
HIPAA & PrivacyMay 2, 2025
How HIPAA Protects your Mental Health Diagnoses and other Medical Information
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A recent study shows that autism diagnoses in the U.S. are at a all time high, and the United States ...
HIPAA & PrivacyApr 23, 2025
HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation with Public Hospital
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a settlement with Guam ...
HIPAA & PrivacyApr 7, 2025
New legal developments herald big changes for HIPAA compliance in 2025
April 07, 2025 - 2025 could be poised to be the biggest year for health care data yet. The increasingly ubiquitous use of AI and ...
HIPAA & PrivacyMar 24, 2025
Flurry of HHS Enforcement Actions Signaling Warning to HIPAA-Covered Entities
Since Feb. 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has announced 14 ...
HIPAA & PrivacyMar 19, 2025
Why health care privacy is a mess — and why it isn't likely to get better soon
Editor's note: The IAPP is policy neutral. We publish contributed opinion and analysis pieces to enable our members to hear a ...
HIPAA & PrivacyMar 12, 2025
Health Privacy in 2025 and Beyond
Data protection law in the United States has evolved rapidly over the past few years. The changes relating to health privacy have ...
HIPAA & PrivacyMar 9, 2025
Privacy is all you need: A new framework for securing wearable health data
Wearable health devices have transformed personal healthcare, providing real-time monitoring of vital signs and fitness metrics.
HIPAA & PrivacyFeb 20, 2025
Trump Administration Rescinds HHS Guidance on Privacy of Gender Affirming Care Data
On February 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) took action pursuant to President Trump’s ...