HIPAA

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations require updates to the Notice of Privacy Practices that health plan sponsors furnish to plan participants and health care providers furnish to patients. The updates must be made by February 16, 2026.

The Upshot

The regulations require changes to the Notice of Privacy Practices for information regarding certain substance use disorder treatment information and reproductive health information.… Continue Reading

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been the subject of several major developments already in 2021. Healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and business associates subject to HIPAA must consider these developments to comply with HIPAA’s technical requirements through 2021 and beyond. For those entities subject to the HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule, our team of HIPAA lawyers has penned an Alert describing these developments in detail.… Continue Reading