Healthcare DIVE March 14, 2025
Steven W. Teppler and Carly Rothstein

A new proposed rule aims to significantly amend the HIPAA security rule — these are the key updates to know.

Editor’s note: Steven W. Teppler is a partner and chair of the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice group at Mandelbaum Barrett PC in Roseland, New Jersey. Carly Rothstein is an associate in the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice group at Mandelbaum Barrett PC.

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has issued a proposed rule that, if adopted, would significantly amend the HIPAA Security Rule.

The updates aim to fortify the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic protected health information, or ePHI, amid escalating cybersecurity threats in healthcare. Once the proposed amendments are finalized and published in the Federal Register, entities...

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