The 2026 HIPAA Security Rule updates will make encryption mandatory for all electronic protected health information and require multi-factor authentication for every system access point. These changes ...

Key Takeaways: HIPAA updates expected in 2026 will strengthen requirements to protect electronic protected health information (ePHI) and remove ambiguity regarding security safeguards. Enforcement ...

The 2026 HIPAA Security Rule update will introduce major new requirements, including universal encryption of electronic ...

New four-pillar compliance structure gives independent practices a clear path through the latest Security Rule overhaul ...

Proposed changes to the HIPAA Security Rule mark the biggest update to healthcare data security in a decade, but while the ...

If finalized in its current form, the Proposed Rule would require covered entities — health plans, health care clearinghouses and health care providers who transmit information electronically in ...

This post is part of our The Top 2025 Privacy and Security Issues Still Shaping Healthcare series, in which our team of attorneys provides essential strategies and ...

The HHS wants to update the HIPAA security rule for the first time in more than a decade to bolster healthcare cybersecurity, regulators said late last month. The Office for Civil Rights, which ...

Melanie Fontes Rainer, HHS OCR director, speaking at a HIPAA summit this week (Image: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee) As the final months of the Biden administration wrap up, regulators at the agency charged ...

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While many of the proposed modifications to the HIPAA Security Rule are reasonable expectations, others will be extremely onerous to implement - especially within a short time frame - if federal ...

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