WilmerHale Partner Kirk Nahra recently published the article, “Thinking About Healthcare Privacy in 2026,” in the April 2026 issue of Compliance Today, a publication of the Health Care Compliance Association.

The article explores the growing complexity of healthcare privacy law as HIPAA’s framework collides with expanding state consumer health privacy laws, raising new challenges for compliance, data security, clinical research, and AI in healthcare.

“Data is central to an effective and efficient healthcare system—but these developments risk upsetting the balance between privacy protection and effective care.” 

 Nahra also notes that shifting legal standards are making it increasingly difficult to draw clear regulatory lines, observing that “it’s getting very hard to evaluate what ‘health information’ means in a way that makes special regulation of this category useful.”

Read the full article here.

Nahra will also speak on this topic at the HCCA Annual Compliance Institute in Orlando on April 27. Find more details on the event here.