Federal regulators may have helped data services companies, andmade life harder for health insurers, health insurance brokers andother users of personal health information, in a new batch ofadvice aimed at cloud services providers and users.
Officials at the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Departmentof Health and Human Services prepared the advice, or "guidance," toexplain how federal health information privacy and data securityrules apply to cloud services.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996and later, related laws and regulations have set strict federalrules for protecting health information.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
