Laura Deponio

Jan 16, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Brian G. Cesaratto |Laura Deponio |Alaap B. Shah

As Cyberattacks targeting the health care sector have continued to intensify over the past year, including ransomware attacks that have resulted in major data breaches impacting health care organizations, the protection of health data has gained the focus of regulators and prompted bipartisan legislative efforts to strengthen cybersecurity requirements in the health care sector.

Oct 7, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Brian G. Cesaratto |Laura Deponio |Alexander J. Franchilli

On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued updated guidance regarding the use of online tracking technologies by entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”).