Major Changes Proposed to HIPAA Privacy Rules

Late last week, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) to make significant revisions to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, commonly known as HIPAA. HIPAA was first enacted in the late 1990s and the health care system has seen significant changes since that time. Many of these changes, such as the emergence of the opioid problem and the increase in availability of digital...
By: Ruder Ware

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