Morning Headlines 8/29/25
Tiny US Agency to Enforce Substance Abuse Regs – and HIPAA
HHS shifts enforcement of substance use records confidentiality from SAMHSA to the Office for Civil Rights, which also handles HIPAA enforcement.
Alignmt AI Raises $6.5M in Seed Funding
Healthcare AI governance and risk management startup Alignmt AI announces $6.5 million in seed funding.
NY Health System Settles Web Tracker Privacy Claim for $5.3M
Mount Sinai Health System will pay $5.3 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that accused it of using pixel tracking tools to send patient portal and website visitor information to Facebook.
If only more health systems were as transparent as the VA. We get a helpful look at the VA's inner…