Lexology December 18, 2023
Over the last two years, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has released a number of proposed regulations and new guidance relating to the HIPAA privacy rules. Not to be left out, recently, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has also proposed updates to the health breach notification rule. This article will list and discuss each update and set forth its current status as it affects health plans and other stakeholders.
HIPAA Privacy Coordinated Care and Individual Engagement Proposed Regulations
In the last days of the Trump Administration, OCR issued proposed regulations intended to improve coordinated care and increase engagement in an individual’s own health care. See, 86 Fed Reg 6446 (January 21, 2021). Comments were due in March 2021. Since...