MHPAEA Final Rule: New Compliance Requirements for Employers Starting 2025
MHPAEA Final Rule: New Compliance Requirements for Employers Starting 2025 Recently, the U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury […]
DOL Confirms Cybersecurity Guidance Covers All Employee Benefit Plans
The DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) confirms that the cybersecurity guidance it issued in April 2021 applies to all employee benefit plans, including health […]
Texas Lawsuit and Reproductive Health Records
On September 4, 2024, Texas filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the HHS Secretary, and Office for Civil Rights […]
HHS Issues Updates on Cybersecurity Incidents
HHS Issues Updates on Cybersecurity Incidents On May 31,2024, HHS’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released updated FAQs addressing the investigation of Change Healthcare (a […]
Best Practices for Stronger Cybersecurity for ERISA Plans
It’s always a great time to review EBSA’s suggested cybersecurity best practices for ERISA Plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and service providers, as well as Plan participants and […]
HHS New Rule On PHI Disclosures for Reproductive Health Care
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requiring group health plans (as HIPAA covered entities) to modify their rules regarding the uses and […]
OCR/HHS’s Annual HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Report
Group health plan sponsors should take note of the most recent annual report submitted by HHS and OCR on HIPAA and Breach Notification Rule Compliance. […]
Cybersecurity and the HIPAA Security Rule
The NIST[1] and the OCR[2] has published its final version of guidance to increase cybersecurity and compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule. The new guidance […]
Annual HIPAA Review for Cybersecurity
The best defense is a good defense! You hear about cybersecurity all the time, and shoring up your defenses and reviewing HIPAA materials on an […]