HHS releases notice of HIPAA Security Rule update

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Office for Civil Rights have announced they will be soliciting comments on a proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009.

To strengthen healthcare cybersecurity and address concerns over the alarming growth in the number of breaches reported to OCR, the proposed modifications – to be published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2025 – aim to address significant changes in technology, breach trends, enforcement, best practices and methodologies for protecting ePHI and take into account court decisions that affect Security Rule enforcement. 
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