AHIMA August 3, 2020
Halfway through 2020, we can safely say that the healthcare landscape is rapidly changing with the complexity of state and federal data privacy regulations, new technologies, creative patient care delivery models, and changes in our workforce practices and locations.
Congress continues their discussion of a national data privacy law, even as many states are working to step up their own state obligations where they feel that HIPAA alone is not enough protection for patient data.
Though much of the state discussions address general business data protection recommendations, the implementation of these laws may implicate health data as well. It’s no longer enough to just be compliant with HIPAA. With this added pressure, it is time to rethink the traditional HIPAA...