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    Laura Rixey practices in the firm’s Virginia Beach office and is a member of the Commercial, Data Privacy and Security, Health Care, Senior Housing and Care Team, and Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategic Alliances practice groups ...

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Healthcare providers subject to HIPAA must revise their Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) by February 16, 2026, to comply with recent federal regulatory changes. The changes align substance use disorder (SUD) record confidentiality with HIPAA/HITECH rules to improve care coordination. Failure to update your NPP by the deadline could result in noncompliance with federal privacy regulations.

What Changed and Why

The Department of Health and Human Services published amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule in April 2024, taking effect February 16, 2026. The principal objective is ...

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