MedCity News January 12, 2025
Katie Adams

HHS is proposing major changes to HIPAA for the first time in more than a decade, aiming to strengthen cybersecurity protocols for electronic health data. Healthcare cybersecurity leaders are mainly in favor of the proposal — though there are some concerns that smaller providers will struggle with the financial and operational burdens of compliance.

Among myriad acronyms in the healthcare industry, HIPAA is one of the most referenced.

At the end of last year, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed major updates to this law — named the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — for the first time in more than a decade.

HHS said its proposal is designed to “better protect the U.S. healthcare...

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Topics: Cybersecurity, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HHS, HIPAA, Provider, Technology
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