American Hospital Association January 5, 2024
The AHA Jan. 5 filed its opening brief in its lawsuit challenging a December 2022 rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights that restricts the use of standard third-party web technologies that capture IP addresses on portions of hospitals’ public-facing webpages. The brief argues that the rule exceeds the government’s authority under HIPAA, violates the Administrative Procedure Act, and injures the people it purports to protect.
“A gross overreach by the federal bureaucracy, imposed without any input from healthcare providers or the general public, this new rule is being actively enforced by...
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