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Health Apps and Consumer Privacy Update: Federal Trade Commission Proposes Amendments to the Health Breach Notification Rule

Health Law Advisor

On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Public Comment (“NPRM”) seeking to amend the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”). Commissioner Phillips has since resigned. The FTC’s proposed amendments to the HBNR attempt to codify this broad interpretation.

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Americans’ Top Sources of Stress are Money, Money, Money and Family

Health Populi

In the 2019 dictionary next to the word “stress,” we would find variations of a definition all deriving from Americans’ current worries about their money, the economy, and health care costs…then, family responsibilities and jobs. The 7th Annual U.S.

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Quick, Accessible, Inexpensive Health Care – A Retail Health Update from Amazon and Dollar General

Jane Sarashon

” These two programs come from outside of the legacy health care system of so-called incumbents — hospitals, health systems, health insurance — leveraging two brand-names beloved to many consumers for convenience, price transparency, and sheer cost. First, check out Amazon Pharmacy’s RxPass.

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Americans’ Trust in U.S. Healthcare Lags Tech — and Women Are Particularly Cynical

Health Populi

In this study, the healthcare industry is comprised of five segments: hospitals and clinics; pharma; biotech (separate from pharma); consumer health (e.g., over-the-counter medicines); and, health insurance. Amazon is also piloting selling health insurance in India. As health consumers in the U.S.