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Download the 2025 MSMS HIPAA Guide Today
The 2025 MSMS HIPAA Guide is now available to download here.
Last year, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a Final Rule to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to protect access to and privacy of reproductive health care. The Final Rule further responds to evolving legal landscapes following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, by imposing new limitations on disclosures of information relating to reproductive health care. The Final Rule further requires covered entities and business associates to make certain updates to their Notice of Privacy Practices with respect to reproductive health care.
Physicians should review the HIPAA Guide and consider updates to their practice forms and policies to comply with the new requirements of the Final Rule. Medical practices should additionally ensure that staff members who handle and respond to requests for medical records and other requests for protected health information receive training on the new requirements.