In the final days of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“HHS OCR”) remained active ...

Bankers Cooperative Group, Inc. (“BCG”) filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Senate confirmation hearings have not yet been set for President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health ...

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A medical supply firm will pay $3 million to settle issues found by a HIPAA investigation into a breach. Also, a public ...

Federal regulators are reminding healthcare providers, insurers and other regulated firms of their duty to ensure that AI and ...

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Technology has changed significantly since the HIPAA Security Rule was last updated in 2013, the HHS' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said in its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). The rapid ...

Healthcare CIOs and CISOs are monitoring the recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposal to update the HIPAA Security Rule. These ...

From 2018 to 2023, the OCR has tracked a more than 100% increase in large breaches ... interest in bolstering cybersecurity in the healthcare sector. In late 2023, the HHS published a cybersecurity ...

When it became obvious his candidacy wouldn’t change the outcome of the race, Democrats followed his moves even less closely — until Trump tapped him to lead HHS, catapulting him back into the ...