Healthcare DIVE November 3, 2023
Susanna Vogel

The lawsuit filed Thursday alleges the agency overstepped its boundaries when issuing guidance limiting hospitals’ use of third-party tracking technologies.

Dive Brief:

  • A group of hospitals and hospital lobbies sued the Biden administration on Thursday to try and stop guidance blocking providers from using tracking technology to monitor users’ activity on their websites.
  • The lawsuit filed in a Texas district court accuses the agency of overstepping its authority in guidance issued in December that said allowing third-party technology to collect and analyze data from websites or apps may be a violation of the HIPAA privacy law.
  • The plaintiffs include the American Hospital Association — the largest hospital lobby in the U.S. — along with the Texas Hospital Association and...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, HHS, HIPAA, Patient / Consumer, Privacy / Security, Provider
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