Lexology January 16, 2025
Organizations in the health care sector should be aware that changes to the HIPAA Security Rule may be on the horizon. Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a proposed rule focused on improving cybersecurity and protecting the health care system from the rapidly increasing number of cyberattacks.
The proposed rule would completely overhaul the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule for covered entities and business associates (together referred to as “regulated entities”). The proposed regulations eliminate much of the flexibility offered by the current rules and would involve a multitude of new regulatory requirements for entities dealing with electronic protected health information (ePHI).
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