Health Affairs May 19, 2021
On December 10, 2020, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), released draft regulatory changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), stating its intention to “support individuals’ engagement in their care, remove barriers to coordinated care, and reduce regulatory burdens on the healthcare industry.” For unknown reasons, the proposed regulatory changes were not officially published in the Federal Register until January 21, 2021.
Although not expressly noted, the proposed rule also offers a chance for OCR to make changes to the HIPAA privacy and security regulations, giving deeper meaning to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC’s) separate rule against information blocking. That rule, which...
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