HIPAA regulated entities may now begin implementing the amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to provide additional protections for reproductive health care ...

Health-care organizations need to up their defenses as cyber attacks increasingly hit the sector. Focusing on identity and access management, patching key vulnerabilities, providing training on phishing and adopting strong backup practices can all go a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Most people have heard of HIPAA, the federal health information privacy rule that allows patients to control who sees their health data and review their medical records for mistakes. But few understand how it works or how it benefits ...

Self-insured group health plans are HIPAA “covered entities” and—unlike most fully insured arrangements—typically must maintain and distribute

This guide includes everything employers need to know about HIPAA requirements, as well as a HIPAA compliance checklist.

In examining how the Office of Civil Rights administered its periodic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audit program from January 2016 through December 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General ...

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights’ audit program was too narrow in scope to effectively assess data protections and reduce cyber risks in the healthcare sector, according to the report. The report, which analyzed how OCR conducted its HIPAA audits from ...

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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 electronic protected health information with the Office of ...

The HHS wants to update the HIPAA security rule for the first time in more than a decade to bolster healthcare cybersecurity, regulators said late last month. The Office for Civil Rights, which enforces HIPAA, proposed changes to the regulation that aims ...

The advent of digital has transformed marketers’ ability to build segmented audiences and deliver highly targeted messages. Yet health care marketing has lagged far behind in data segmentation because of the complex requirements of HIPAA (Health ...