[Arlington, VA] – [December 16, 2025] – The Healthcare Trust Institute (HTI), a leading alliance of healthcare organizations committed to promoting and implementing effective privacy and security protections for health information that engender trust in the healthcare system and allow for the advancement of groundbreaking medical innovation, today announced its strong support for Senator Bill Cassidy’s Health Information Privacy Reform Act. This landmark legislation represents a crucial step forward in modernizing and strengthening the protection of health data in an increasingly interconnected digital landscape.
“The Health Information Privacy Reform Act addresses critical gaps in existing regulations and provides a much-needed framework for responsible data sharing and innovation,” said Tina Grande, CEO of the Healthcare Trust Institute. “As consumers become more reliant on data companies outside the traditional HIPAA framework to manage their health information, it is imperative that we have clear and consistent rules in place to safeguard patient privacy while fostering advancements that can improve patient outcomes and lower costs.” HTI believes the bill provides a framework for privacy protections that will foster greater trust between consumers and businesses, leading to greater sharing of health information and life-improving innovations. Key concepts embodied in the Health Information Privacy Reform Act that the HTI particularly supports include: the establishment of robust national privacy, security, and breach notification standards for all personally-identifiable health data outside of HIPAA; ensuring that fraudulent actors do not gain access to patient health records by claiming they are acting on a patient’s behalf when in fact they are not; encouraging the use of “privacy enhancing technologies” to advance research and data analytics; and the establishment of uniform de-identification standards for all health information. The Healthcare Trust Institute looks forward to working with Senator Cassidy and members of Congress to fine-tune and pass the Health Information Privacy Reform Act. We believe this
legislation is essential to building trust in health information sharing through a more secure, efficient, and patient-centered healthcare system for all Americans. About the Healthcare Trust Institute: The Healthcare Trust Institute is an alliance of healthcare organizations committed to promoting and implementing effective privacy and security protections for health information that engender trust in the healthcare system and allow for the advancement of treatments, cures and improved healthcare quality for individuals and populations. HTI members, which include companies and organizations from across the U.S. healthcare economy, agree that a strong national privacy standard for health information is needed to protect sensitive data and spur medical innovation.