Seyfarth Synopsis: This past Monday, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its final rule aimed at ...

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on June 18, 2025, issued an order vacating the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care ...

The long-overdue final HIPAA omnibus rule was posted on the Federal Register public inspection desk Jan 17. The package of regulations will be officially posted on the Federal Register on Jan. 25. See ...

Melanie Fontes Rainer, HHS OCR director, speaking at a HIPAA summit this week (Image: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee) As the final months of the Biden administration wrap up, regulators at the agency charged ...

A recent decision from the Connecticut Supreme Court holds that HIPAA does not preempt state law negligence actions, and suggests state courts can look to federal HIPAA regulations as a guide to ...

This guide includes everything employers need to know about HIPAA requirements, as well as a HIPAA compliance checklist.

Suppose you're 16 weeks pregnant and thus ineligible to legally get an abortion in the state of Florida, so you fly to Illinois where it's still legal and have the procedure done there. Can Florida ...

Credit: Getty Images The rule aims to promote trust and open communication between patients and their health care providers. The “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support ...

The HIPAA Privacy and Security Omnibus final rule should bring some long-awaited clarification and certainty to marketing, fundraising and other aspects of ...

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, widely known as HIPAA, is a federal law that restricts the release of medical information without a person’s consent. However, there ...