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 ...

While many of the proposed modifications to the HIPAA Security Rule are reasonable expectations, others will be extremely onerous to implement - especially within a short time frame - if federal ...

High regulatory burdens and costs to comply would not be feasible, particularly for smaller and rural hospitals, potentially diverting resources away from patient care or forcing closures.

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 ...

In recent years, health care organizations and the vendors that support them have been prime targets for cyber attacks. Indeed, just last year, the ransomware attack on the health care clearinghouse ...

A proposed cybersecurity update would bring with it unfunded mandates and burden IT and security teams with increased documentation, reporting and compliance requirements that conflict with modern IT ...

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1. The HIPAA Security Rule has not been updated since it went into effect in 2005. 2. Since ASCs don’t generally qualify for ARRA/HITECH stimulus funds, because they are intended for hospitals and ...

OCR is accepting comments on the Proposed Rule through September 13, 2010. Covered entities, business associates and others affected by the Administrative Simplification Regulations should consider ...