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Opinion: The staggering financial burden of a proposed HIPAA rule

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While the news media in 2022 focused on hospitals’ billions of dollars of losses , negative operating margins, and other daunting post-pandemic challenges , a set of costly modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services mostly flew under the radar. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Frustrated with Change Healthcare breach, senators propose removing limits on HIPAA fines

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Linda Barbour thought she was more interested in the Change Healthcare cyberattack than most.

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STAT+: Federal judge rules in favor of hospital lobby in privacy lawsuit

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District Court Judge Mark Pittman ruled that federal guidance limiting hospital websites’ use of these trackers exceeds the Health and Human Services Department’s authority under HIPAA, according to an opinion filed Thursday.

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HHS guidance on using online tracking technologies: How to make your analytics HIPAA-compliant

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The HHS provides guidance on using online tracking technologies in a HIPAA-compliant manner. Learn how to ensure your analytics practices align with healthcare regulations and protect patient privacy.

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Health data breaches hit an all-time high in 2023

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That number has more than doubled over recent counts, driven primarily by a surge in hacking and ransomware attacks on health care organizations regulated by the privacy rule HIPAA. Read the rest…

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STAT+: The next frontier in data privacy? Your brain

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But HIPAA doesn’t apply to these companies. Fewer than half of the companies surveyed encrypt their data and de-identify users. In the medical world, patients must consent if doctors want to share their private health information. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Morning Rounds: Our newsroom’s favorite stories of 2023

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That’s more than double recent counts, mostly spurred by a surge in hacking and ransomware attacks on health care groups regulated by HIPAA. As many as 116 million people were hit by large health data breaches this year, according to records from the HHS Office for Civil Rights as of December 21. Read the rest…

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