Tag: Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Health and Human Services

Regulatory/FDA

FAQ: HIPAA Proposed Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy

FAQ: HIPAA Proposed Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy proposed rule on April 12, 2023 aimed at providing additional requirements around the sharing of protected health information (PHI) relating to patient initiated and provider administered reproductive health care. OCR has […]

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Regulatory/FDA

HHS Formally Withdraws SUNSET Final Rule

HHS Formally Withdraws SUNSET Final Rule

June 20, 2022 – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has formally withdrawn a Trump administration rule that threatened to cause many HHS regulations to expire. HHS announced its decision in a recent 133-page withdrawal notice in the Federal Register, stating that the “Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely” (SUNSET) final rule […]

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