HHS releases new draft accounting of disclosure rules

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a long-anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would implement the changes to accounting of disclosures requirements under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. HHS opened a 60-day comment…

Proposed amendments to ECPA would restrict disclosure of geolocation data

Legislation introduced last week for consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee would update some of the provisions in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) to extend legal protections on information collected and maintained by…

Privacy and Security Tiger Team recommends federal PKI cross-certification for all NwHIN participants

In the latest round of security recommendations for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN), the Privacy and Security Tiger Team (a workgroup of the federal Health IT Policy Committee that advises the National Coordinator for Health…