The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) and the Confidentiality Coalition support strengthening cybersecurity for electronic protected health information (ePHI) but argue that the proposed HIPAA Security Rule changes are overly prescriptive, unrealistic, and burdensome. They urge the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to maintain a risk‑based approach and significantly revise several provisions.
To The Administration
HLC and Confidentiality Coalition comments to CMS on the NPRM entitled, “HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity Protected Health Information”
- Topics: Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Health Information Technology
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