For the first time in over a decade, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has proposed an update to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule (the “Security Rule”). OCR stated that its goal of the proposed rule[1] (the “Proposed Rule”), is…
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