In 2025, significant changes are forecasted for HIPAA compliance driven by surging healthcare data use, AI integration, and escalating cybersecurity threats.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are intensifying enforcement, particularly focusing on ransomware attacks, substandard Security Risk Analyses (SRAs), and responsible use of protected health information (PHI).

HHS has proposed updates to HIPAA’s Security Rule to mandate modern security measures like encryption and multifactor authentication, though these could be burdensome for smaller entities.

Patient access to health records remains a top priority, reinforced by recent enforcement actions and new information blocking rules to ensure timely data sharing.

The use of AI and online tracking technologies presents further compliance challenges due to risks of unauthorized PHI disclosure.

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