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Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Updates — Implications for Covered Entities and Their Information Security Programs
On January 6, 2025, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a notice of ...
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HHS OCR Releases Proposed Updates to HIPAA Security Rule
On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a Notice ...
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HIPAA’s new data security chapter: Transforming healthcare security in 2025
With many organizations still relying on outdated security protocols and optional encryption practices, the need for ...
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HHS-OCR’s Proposed Rule and HIPAA Security Risk Assessment
On December 27, 2024, in the midst of the holiday season, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) deployed ...
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HHS proposes HIPAA update to boost healthcare cybersecurity
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 ...
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GLBA and HIPAA Information Security Program
Provide administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule Safeguard against anticipated threats to the security or integrity of protected electronic ...
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Proposed HIPAA rule aims to bolster cybersecurity in US healthcare system
OCR director Melanie Fontes Rainer said: “This proposed rule to upgrade the HIPAA Security Rule addresses current and future cybersecurity threats.” Over the past five years, OCR has observed ...
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HIPAA Rules Update Proposed to Combat Healthcare Data Breaches
The US government has published plans to update the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule, in a bid to address surging healthcare data breaches. The ...