HHS Proposes Measures to Strengthen Patient-Provider Confidentiality Around Reproductive Health Care

HHS Proposes Measures to Strengthen Patient-Provider Confidentiality Around Reproductive Health Care

Department’s Civil Rights Office Seeks to Strengthen HIPAA Privacy Rule Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office of Civil Rights, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to strengthen the privacy rule protections of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by prohibiting the use or disclosure of protected