The Federal Trade Commission called out health privacy as a main area of focus — and a reason why it needs more funds — in its 2024 budget request released on Tuesday. The agency has been increasingly aggressive in cracking down on companies trafficking consumers’ sensitive healthcare data, with recent enforcement actions against digital health companies GoodRx and BetterHelp, including multimillion-dollar settlements. The FTC wants to further increase its scrutiny on healthcare by strengthening its ability to take on bigger and more complex cases, both to protect consumer privacy and crack down on anticompetitive consolidation in healthcare, the agency said.
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Source: https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/ftc-health-privacy-key-priority-2024-budget/645051