Understanding Employee Benefits and key developments in the employee benefits field and items of interest to our clients. MORE

By: Lisa Rippey and Elena Humphrey

In a landmark decision, a federal district court in Texas struck down nearly all of the 2024 amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, known as the Reproductive Health Privacy Rule (the “Rule”), ruling that the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) exceeded its statutory authority. The ruling, which

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights recently published a final rule (the “Final Rule“) which provides additional privacy protections related to the use and disclosure of reproductive health care information.  Covered entities (e.g., health plans) and their business associates must comply with all of the provisions of