[02/04/25]
Posted on February 4, 2025 in Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
On January 21, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) rescinded its “Protected Areas” policy that had been in place since 2011. This policy largely restricted the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) and Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) from conducting enforcement actions in or near “protected areas” or “sensitive locations.” These areas included... READ MORE
Tags: Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, EMTALA, HIPAA, I-9 audits, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration Enforcement
[08/13/24]
Posted on August 13, 2024 in Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (the “Final Rule”). This Final Rule strengthens the privacy protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) for reproductive health care by... READ MORE
Tags: HIPAA, HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, Reproductive Health Care
[06/27/24]
Posted on June 27, 2024 in Health Information Technology, Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
On Thursday, June 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (“the Court”) issued a ruling in a case that could have significant implications for enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). The case, which was brought by the American Hospital Association (“AHA”), the... READ MORE
Tags: Department of Health and Human Services, HIPAA, identifiable health information, third-party tracking, Website Tracking
[03/20/24]
Posted on March 20, 2024 in Health Information Technology, Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
On March 18, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued an update to its December 2022 Bulletin regarding the usage of online tracking technologies by HIPAA-regulated entities. When originally published, the Bulletin aimed to clarify when identifiable information collected by tracking technologies on a regulated entity’s website may constitute protected health information (“PHI”)... READ MORE
Tags: HIPAA, individually identifiable health information, OCR, Office for Civil Rights, PHI
[03/14/24]
Posted on March 14, 2024 in Health Information Technology, Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) issued a Final Rule that modified the “Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records” regulated by 42 CFR Part 2 (“Part 2”). The Final Rule was published... READ MORE
Tags: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, SAMHSA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Substance use disorder
[11/13/23]
Posted on November 13, 2023 in Health Information Technology, Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently released updated guidance in its October 2023 Cybersecurity Newsletter emphasizing the importance of sanction policies in maintaining HIPAA compliance. This guidance builds upon a threat brief previously issued in August 2022 by HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (“HC3”).... READ MORE
Tags: HIPAA, HIPAA compliance, OCR
[04/14/23]
Posted on April 14, 2023 in Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
On April 12, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to strengthen privacy protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) for reproductive health care. The proposed rule builds on the previous guidance... READ MORE
Tags: Abortion, Dobbs, HIPAA, OCR, Reproductive
[01/11/23]
Posted on January 11, 2023 in Health Information Technology, Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
On December 7, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) updated the Mobile Health App Interactive Tool (the “Tool”) to include new questions and new use cases. The Tool is a result of collaborative efforts between the FTC, HHS Office for Civil Rights... READ MORE
Tags: Compliancce, FTC, HIPAA, Mobile Health Apps, OCR
[01/06/23]
Posted on January 6, 2023 in Health Law News
Written by: Lauren England
On January 3, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced its resolution of an investigation into a full-service diagnostic laboratory’s potential violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule’s right of access provisions. Although this resolution is the first of... READ MORE
Tags: HIPAA, OCR, Office for Civil Rights, Right of Access Initiative
[12/30/22]
Posted on December 30, 2022 in Health Information Technology, Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
On December 2, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) released a proposed rule modifying the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations at 42 CFR Part 2 (“Part 2”). The goal of the proposed rule is to implement changes necessary to conform... READ MORE
Tags: HIPAA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Substance use disorder