Slew of OCR activity underscores agency’s focus on security and AI

Lexology January 16, 2025
Hogan Lovells

Recent enforcement actions, audit activity, proposed rulemakings, and guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) highlight the agency’s focus on health data security and artificial intelligence. Although agency priorities will shift with the new administration, data security and AI issues are expected to remain key areas of focus. The recent array of OCR activities serve as helpful guidance as compliance strategies and roadmaps for 2025 are put in place.

Index

A. Putting Security Front and Center

B. Reinforcing Obligations for Responsible AI

C. Key Takeaways

Putting Security Front and Center

OCR’s recent actions underscore a renewed focus on security, which the agency attributes in part to a sharp rise...