Healthcare DIVE June 24, 2024
Emily Olsen

A federal court in Texas ruled regulators exceeded their authority in limiting providers’ use of online tracking technologies.

Dive Brief:

  • The American Hospital Association and other provider groups largely won a lawsuit against federal regulators over government guidance limiting the use of third-party tracking technologies on providers’ websites.
  • The hospitals filed suit in November, arguing the HHS’ guidance on trackers overstepped its authority and restrained providers’ ability to share health information with users.
  • A judge in a Texas federal court on Thursday agreed and struck down that guidance, arguing the government had exceeded its authority under the HIPAA health privacy law.

Dive Insight:

Online trackers, or technologies that gather information about user behavior, are extremely common on...

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Topics: Apps, Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, HHS, HIPAA, Provider, Technology
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