HHS Withdraws Controversial Breach Notification Rule under HITECH

August 4th, 2010
HHS finally heard all the demands, and retracted the final rule for more consideration.

HHS quietly withdraws HIPAA breach-notification rule

August 2nd, 2010
Following a firestorm of criticism from privacy advocates... HHS has without fanfare withdrawn its HIPAA "breach notification" final rule that had been submitted to...