
Big Changes Proposed for the HIPAA Security Rule | Holland & Knight LLP
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued an unpublished Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)1 that strengthens the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule and, if finalized, will have a significant impact on the healthcare sector. HHS observed that healthcare breaches can lead to harms far greater than those…