2023 Health Information HIPAA Telehealth 
Telebehavioral Health Institute
MARCH 15, 2023
Adding to the growing number of recent FTC investigations about data being shared by telehealth platforms for profit, Cerebral reportedly notified 3.1 million users that their protected health information was shared with tech companies like Meta, Google, and TikTok. HIPAA investigations don’t occur in a vacuum.
Health Populi
APRIL 17, 2023
The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. Note that 3 in 4 Washingtonians supported the law when polled in March 2023, with only 17% of people opposing it.
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Telebehavioral Health Institute
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Following the release of a report by STAT and The Markup, which found 49 of 50 telehealth startups may fall short of legal requirements for HIPAA compliance, a bipartisan group of US senators has fiercely criticized several prominent telehealth startups for sharing patient data with Facebook, Google, and other major advertising platforms.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 24, 2023
According to the company, which just released a letter outlining the nature of the data issue, Cerebral discovered a breach on January 3, 2023. Its leaders found that the tracking technology used to mine user data had disclosed information to third parties and subcontractors. The FTC’s proposed order would impose a $7.8
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 23, 2023
With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the "telehealth cliff" for two years, HIMSS says it's now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 13, 2023
WHY IT MATTERS Cerebral is a consumer-facing telehealth platform providing mental and behavioral health services for patients with or without insurance. The unauthorized patient data disclosures may have also included appointment information, treatment notes, and insurance particulars for those that subscribed to the service.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
MARCH 16, 2023
A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. A 2019 study documented that 20% of LatinX smartphone users were more likely to use a health app than Caucasians.
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