Pulse April 29, 2024
On the heels of recent settlements concerning the use of personal and health information, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is continuing its push on the healthcare front. The latest action is the finalization of changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”). The modifications respond to developments and evolutions in the healthcare and surrounding industry to optimistically provide more insight into events impacting the privacy of more types of data.
What is the HBNR?
The HBNR was initially enacted as a means of covering forms of healthcare information that fell outside the purview of HIPAA. Specifically, the HBNR applies the personal health record (“PHR”) vendors as well as entities related to the PHR vendor and service providers supporting either of...
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