Lexology April 26, 2024
The healthcare industry is among the most highly regulated industries when it comes to privacy protections. In addition to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), healthcare providers also must comply with a growing number of state laws governing data privacy and security. Fully complying with this patchwork of privacy protections is a complex task because these laws often classify different kinds of personal information as “protected information” and impose varying security and reporting requirements.
For example, HIPAA protects certain “individually identifiable health information,” often referred to as “protected health information” or PHI. HIPAA requires covered entities to adopt and implement a plethora of policies and technical safeguards to protect PHI. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a...
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