WEDI Member Position Advisory Event: HIPAA Security Rule Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Strengthen Cybersecurity for Electronic Protected Health Information
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On December 27, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule to strengthen cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI). OCR administers and enforces the Security Rule, which establishes national standards for the protection of individuals’ ePHI by covered entities (health plans, health care clearinghouses, and most health care providers), and their business associates (together, regulated entities). Today’s proposed rule seeks to strengthen cybersecurity by updating the Security Rule’s standards to better address ever-increasing cybersecurity threats to the health care sector.
Receive addition information about the NPRM and join fellow WEDI members to share your thoughts and insight on this proposed rule as WEDI develops comments to forward to OCR.
Our expert facilitators:
- Gail Kocher, Director, National Programs, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- Samantha Burch, Vice President, Technology Public Policy, AHIP
- Jeffrey Coughlin, Assistant Director, Federal Affairs, American Medical Association
- Thanh-Thien Nguyen, Executive Director, Kaiser Permanente, WEDI Privacy & Security Workgroup Co-Chair
- Lesley Berkeyheiser, Assessor, DirectTrust, WEDI Privacy & Security Workgroup Co-Chair
- Arna Meyer, Operations and Technology Consultant, Albion Dental Technology Consulting
- Merri-Lee Stine, Senior Manager, Project Management, Aetna, a CVS Health Company, WEDI Board Chair