As of December 23, health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses (covered entities) and their business associates (collectively, regulated entities) must comply with new ...

Last year, the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR) modified the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to strengthen protections ...

The use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems has revolutionized how healthcare is provided by allowing access to data and improving the coordination of care among medical professionals. But, the ...

The HIPAA Security Rule may soon undergo its first major overhaul in decades. Although finalization could come as early as ...

The long-overdue final HIPAA omnibus rule was posted on the Federal Register public inspection desk Jan 17. The package of regulations will be officially posted on the Federal Register on Jan. 25. See ...

Health Care Compliance Strategies Inc. (HCCS), Jericho, N.Y., is now offering three versions of an ongoing education program to “quickly and effectively train a large staff on complying with HIPAA ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has filed proposed modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 security rule to strengthen the cybersecurity of ...

Prior to the implementation of the Privacy Rule, there existed fragmented and varied laws and policies concerning health information privacy. [4] The U.S ...

The state of Texas is suing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a Texas federal district court for a rule it finalized in April that gives healthcare organizations more discretion ...

The decades-old federal law protecting the privacy of individual health information is threatened by multiple lawsuits that seek to throw out a rule restricting disclosure of information in criminal ...