The U.S. Senate confirmed controversial nominee Robert F. Kennedy to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

As the Trump administration stakes dramatically new positions on matters across the federal government, we are waiting to learn its view on the ...

HIPAA may not protect your medical information from being viewed by law enforcement officers. Even without a warrant, cops can get your records just by saying that you’re a suspect (or victim ...

Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to update ...

Over the past decade, there has been an immense increase in the popularity of health applications and connected health devices as more and more of consumers’ health information is shared online.

This spring, HHS finalized new regulations under HIPAA to limit law enforcement access to medical records tied to reproductive health. The rule was first proposed in the aftermath of the Dobbs ...

A Biden Administration HIPAA privacy protection rule was challenged in two cases in Texas federal courts. A federal judge issued an injunction suspending enforcement of the rule by the DOJ.

In order to effectively transmit and use electronic health information, they had to take HIPAA a little more seriously,’ Dylewski said. ’Now they were putting some enforcement around the ...