Healthcare Finance News June 21, 2024
The case isn’t about HIPAA, but about power, Texas judge rules.
The American Hospital Association, the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources and United Regional Health Care System have won their lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services over the use of third-party web-tracking technologies that capture user Internet Protocol (IP) addresses on public-facing webpages.
Judge Mark Pittman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Thursday ruled in favor of the AHA and plaintiffs, agreeing that HHS’ rules restricting such use is unlawful. Pittman vacated the rule HHS had issued in a March Revised Bulletin.
The bulletin, “was promulgated in clear excess of HHS’s authority under HIPAA,” Pittmas said. “But this case isn’t...
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