The HHS Office for Civil Rights is soliciting questions for a video the department is producing about a HIPAA rule. The prerecorded video will review the requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule’s risk management implementation specification. Nicholas Heesters, senior advisor…

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for $46 million over claims it shared patient data with tech companies. Several patients sued the health system in 2023, asserting that its consumer-behavior tracking technologies transmitted their personal…

Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health is tightening its cybersecurity posture as AI-driven threats evolve rapidly and external attacks grow more sophisticated. Steven Ramirez, chief information security and tech officer, said the recent emergence of autonomous AI attacks — including one linked…

The FDA has launched agentic AI capabilities for all agency staff, marking an expansion of its internal AI infrastructure. Agentic AI refers to systems that can plan, reason and carry out multi-step tasks while incorporating human oversight. The tools will…

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Dec. 1 that would extend the CMS waiver to provide acute hospital care at home for five years. The Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act would continue the waiver, which is currently set…

Lexington-based University of Kentucky is partnering with Microsoft on an enterprisewide AI project aiming to expand the adoption of the technology at its health system. Through the recently launched Commonwealth AI Transdisciplinary Strategy, the university’s framework for responsible AI use,…

Hospital and health system leaders expect strong gains from AI and other digital tools in 2026, Black Book Market Research reported. Here are four things to know from the survey of 202 health system executives and 84 board members published…

Several health systems are making major bets on new Epic EHR platforms and expect to see substantial returns, with leaders pointing to application consolidation, efficiency gains and reduced administrative burden as key drivers. Minot, N.D.-based Trinity Health expects its Epic…

Hospital-at-home treatment could be one way to “solve the rural healthcare crisis,” researchers from Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham say. Here are six findings from their Dec. 1 JAMA Network Open study, which randomly assigned 161 adult patients from Quincy,…

CMS plans to open applications in 2026 for a new payment model aimed at increasing access to technology-supported care for people with Original Medicare who are managing chronic conditions. Here are four things to know about the new payment model:…