HHS OCR Calls for Comments to Update HIPAA Rules
January 9, 2019 Healthcare organizations and medical practices that have been working for years to comply with the privacy and security rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) undoubtedly have valuable thoughts and insights regarding how the rules could be tweaked and improved to reflect changes in the delivery of care since they went into effect. According to many in healthcare, the Request for Information (RFI) issued in December giving hospitals, clinicians and other stakeholders the opportunity…