Fontes Rainer: OCR Moving Ahead With Privacy Rule Post-Chevron

HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) hasn’t changed its approach to privacy rulemaking following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn its longstanding Chevron doctrine, OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer told Inside Health Policy Tuesday (July 23), and is continuing its plans to start enforcing the expanded HIPAA Privacy Rule in December and give patients and providers the tools needed for privacy protection. Speaking following an HHS event at a Virginia reproductive health clinic Tuesday (July 23), Fontes Rainer...