HIPAA News and Policy Updates

HIPAA Final Rule – Effective December 23, 2024

On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a Final Rule to revise HIPAA (HIPAA Final Rule). The primary purpose of the HIPAA Final Rule is to support reproductive health care privacy. It prohibits the disclosure of protected health information (PHI) related to lawful reproductive health care in certain circumstances, mandates a signed attestation for certain requests, and requires a modification to the Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP). Compliance with the Final Rule is required by December 23, 2024, except for modifying the NPP, which isn’t required until February 16, 2026. More