March 3, 2025

Linked here, please find the comments which CSWA has submitted to DHHS and OCR regarding the new proposed HIPAA Security Rules which would significantly increase our responsibility for preventing breaches of any information we store electronically. Sole practitioners are being asked to develop the kinds of software protections that large institutions have in place. CSWA is not in support of these Rules and has explained why in the statement linked above.

If you would like to send your own comments to OCR, whether in support of CSWA’s position or not, feel free to do so. Use your own words or the language in our statement. Send comments to https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information#open-comment by COB on March 7, 2025.