Recently proposed amendments to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule are designed to enhance the cybersecurity of electronic protected health information (ePHI ...

The HHS wants to update the HIPAA security rule for the first time in more than a decade to bolster healthcare cybersecurity, regulators said late last month. The Office for Civil Rights, which ...

In the wake of Change Healthcare’s February 2024 ransomware attack, which affected the protected health information (PHI) of at least 100 million individuals — the largest breach of PHI in history — ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has filed proposed modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 security rule to strengthen the cybersecurity of ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at enhancing cybersecurity protections for electronic ...

Opposition is building as industry organizations weigh in on the public comment period for proposed changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. In January ...

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights’ audit program was too narrow in scope to effectively assess data protections and reduce cyber risks in the healthcare sector, according to the report. The report, ...

Managing healthcare cybersecurity is a complex proposition, to say the least. Health system CISOs, CIOs and other information security leaders used to simply have to worry about ensuring robust ...

An unmitigated revamp of healthcare cybersecurity is coming in 2025, and experts warn that the compliance burden for organizations will be steep. Since 2005, healthcare organizations have been subject ...

The Department of Health and Human Services submitted proposed updates to the 20-year-old HIPAA Security Rule to the White House for review, aiming to enhance the cybersecurity protections for ...

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March 14, 2025 - On Jan. 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed new regulations to enhance cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI ...