Key Takeaways: HIPAA updates expected in 2026 will strengthen requirements to protect electronic protected health information (ePHI) and remove ambiguity regarding security safeguards. Enforcement ...

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.

Understanding the complexities of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules is often a challenge for health ...

In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ("HITECH") modified a number of provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") to ...

What is HIPAA? What information about COVID-19 cases is being released? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a federal law enacted in 1996 that required the U.S. Department of ...

I’ve worked with healthcare organizations long enough to notice a pattern: Many treat HIPAA compliance as a finish line. Once they've checked off a few items, passed an audit or updated a document or ...

OREM, Utah, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- By the middle of 2019, the number of protected health information (PHI) breaches at healthcare organizations had already doubled the total of 2018, according ...

OREM, Utah, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- According to SecurityMetrics' 2020 HIPAA survey data, organizations are getting better at internal security measures like email security and employee training ...

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Is your email a HIPAA Compliant? Or does it need to be a HIPAA complaint for your private practice? You may think the answer is obvious and ofcourse, as a healthcare professional you need to be aware ...