OCR Official Outlines HIPAA Priorities, Including Security Rule Update By End Of Year

NASHVILLE -- Melanie Fontes Rainer, director of HHS’ Office for Civil Rights, said her office’s top Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) priorities include updating the Security Rule by the end of the year, ensuring stakeholders comply with the final Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care come Dec. 23, and engaging with industry leaders on cybersecurity issues. The HIPAA Security Rule establishes national standards covered entities must follow to protect an individual’s electronic personal health information. At AHIP’s...