On January 21, 2021 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officially released a proposed rule to revise the HIPAA Privacy Rule. While none of these changes can be finalized until after the public comment period has ended and HHS has reviewed the comments and written a final rule, the proposed changes are staggering.
This blog post will present a high-level summary as Part 1 of our multi-part series breaking down the proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule.