WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from Caris Life Sciences, Irving, Texas: * * * To: Acting Director Anthony Archeval Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F Washington, D.C. 20201 Re: HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information (RIN 094  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from CrowdStrike, Austin, Texas: * * * HIPAA SECURITY RULE TO STRENGTHEN THE CYBERSECURITY OF ELECTRONIC PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION I. INTRODUCTION In response to the Department of Health and Human Services's ("HHS") notice of proposed rulemaking to update the security requirements in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from the Electronic Privacy Information Center: * * * COMMENTS OF THE ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER to the Department of Health and Human Services on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information 90 Fed. Reg. 898 * * * The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPI  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from HiTrust, Frisco, Texas. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary Office of Civil Rights Hubert H. Humphrey Building Room 509F, 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 COMMENTS ON NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING HIPAA SECURITY RULE TO STRENGTHEN THE CYBERSECURITY OF ELECTRONIC PROTECT  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from Mercy, St. Louis, Missouri: * * * To: Anthony Archeval Acting Director, Office for Civil Rights Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC 20201 Re: HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information (Docket HHS-OCR-0945-AA22; 90 Federal Register) * * * Dear Director Archeval: On behalf   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from Vizient Inc., Irving, Texas: * * * To: The Honorable Anthony Archeval Acting Director Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Re: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule to Strengthen the Cyber  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- National Vanguard Consortium LLC (NVC), a small business based in Liberty Hill, Texas, has had its protest denied by the General Accountability Office (GAO). NVC challenged the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) award of an armed security guard services contract to Strategic Security Corporation, a small business located in Smithtown, New York. FEMA issued a request for proposals (RFP) for armed guard services to safeguard federal employees, visitors, and prope  more