Physicians Practice May 9, 2024
Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA

Don’t run afoul of these new privacy and civil rights rules.

Between February and the end of April 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) issued three final rules: 42 CFR Part 2 Final Rule, HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy Final Rule, and Preventing Non-Discrimination and Advancing Civil Rights in Healthcare Final Rule. The common denominators – privacy and civil rights.

Each of these final rules are dense and rich with legislative and regulatory history, as well as select comments received by the agency and the corresponding agency response. The purpose of this article is not to summarize each final rule – the links provided do that. Rather, it is to provide an...

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