April 23, 2024 - The Biden-Harris administration, through HHS, issued a final rule to bolster patient privacy for those seeking and administering lawful reproductive healthcare. Entitled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, the rule prohibits the disclosure of protected health information (PHI) when it is sought to hold patients or...
April 18, 2024 - UPDATE 4/18/2024 - This article has been updated to reflect new information about the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
UHG's review of data impacted by the cyberattack is still underway, but its latest update confirms that some health data was compromised.
"At this time, we know that the data had some quantity of personal health information...
April 17, 2024 - Lawmakers had many questions for UnitedHealth Group (UHG), the parent of Change Healthcare, at a March 16 House subcommittee hearing about the cyberattack that halted claims payments and disrupted operations across the US healthcare sector.
However, no UHG representatives were present at the hearing, leaving many questions unanswered and sparking...
April 17, 2024 - Under a proposed order from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), online mental healthcare platform Cerebral will be restricted from disclosing consumers’ personal health information to third parties for advertising purposes and from misrepresenting its privacy and data security practices.
Cerebral will also be required to provide customers...