HIPAA and Data Privacy

The Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) has released its 2026 Unified Agenda, which identifies regulatory actions that federal agencies expect to propose or finalize during the remainder of the year.  Below, we highlight several notable health privacy, interoperability, and data exchange rules that the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has listed for proposed or final action in 2026.  The descriptions and target dates below reflect only the agency’s stated intentions and are subject to change.

Continue Reading OMB Publishes 2026 Unified Agenda Signaling Upcoming Health Privacy and Interoperability Updates from HHS

In a new post of the Covington Digital Health blog, our colleagues discuss the proposed rule issued by the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to modify the Privacy Rule promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”)
Continue Reading HHS Announces Proposed Changes to HIPAA’s Privacy Rule