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The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has proposed amendments to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Rule, 42 C.F.R. part 2 (the "Part 2 Rule")...

In 2022, the stakes for data breaches grew in more ways than one. IBM reported the average cost of a data breach is up to $4.35 million. More importantly, though, regulators have zeroed...

On December 30, 2022, Retreat Behavioral Health filed notice of a data breach with the Office of the Vermont Attorney General after the company learned it had been the target of a...

For decades, health care providers that are subject to both HIPAA and to the specialized Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder ("SUD") Patient Records regulations...

In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published December 2, 2022 (the Proposed Rule), the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed long-awaited changes to the...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance regarding covered entities’ and business associates’ use of tracking technologies (the...

While the federal substance use disorder regulations enjoyed decades without a single change, the federal government has been on a roll since 2017. The latest round of changes was...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed to significantly revise rules governing patient records in substance use disorder (SUD) programs, commonly known as...

Proposal also aims to impose criminal penalties for Part 2 violations

With each passing week, businesses large and small continue to be victimized by cyberattacks with no end in sight. In the hope of mitigating adverse investigatory findings and fines, they must...