Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Updates
By EsqSocial Corporation 13/01/25
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on December 27, 2024, to update the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule and its requirements. The official version was published on January 6, 2025. This is the first update in a decade for the security framework that has been in effect since 2003. Based on the preamble language, the proposed changes evidence OCR's...
By: Baker Donelson