HIPAA compliance

The updates are a refresh to put more onus around payers/providers to mature their cybersecurity program, says Ferdinand Hamada, managing director of the healthcare, pharma and life sciences sector at MorganFranklin Cyber.

If finalized, the rule aims to improve the safety of patient data at healthcare institutions and addresses a national security topic by protecting data from bad actors who want to disrupt services, says Eric Avigdor, chief product officer of Votiro.

Carolyn Metnick, partner and Healthcare and Privacy & Cybersecurity team member at Sheppard Mullin, recommends that healthcare organizations follow basics such as following HIPAA security rule compliance and doing a security risk analysis.  

Dr. Robert Murry, chief medical officer at NextGen Healthcare, talks about the end of pandemic-era telehealth policy changes, how providers have adopted telemedicine following the pandemic and CMS' commitment to telehealth and privacy.

Chad Peterson, managing director at NetSPI, discusses how care organizations can protect health information by ensuring HIPAA compliance – and what companies can do to reduce vulnerability through reconfiguration.