HIPAA rules and regulations tend to strike fear into the hearts of healthcare providers. This set of requirements is there for good reason – to protect patient confidentiality, reinforce the rights of ...

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With a past-due compliance deadline of September 23, many organizations are finding themselves scrambling to ensure compliance and avoid penalties. The Health Insurance ...

The omnibus rule, which kicked in a little over a month ago in September, establishes a new set of expectations and possibilities on the enforcement front. HIPAA provisions now apply to Business ...

The HIPAA Omnibus Rule is a final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on January 17, 2013. The Rule aims to strengthen existing privacy ...

If the current trend holds true, the healthcare industry can expect to see an increase in HIPAA violation resolution agreements in the coming year. David Holtzman, JD, former senior advisor for health ...

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Despite the revamped federal HIPAA Omnibus Rule which holds covered entities and business associates more accountable for failing to adequately protect patients' health information, some groups ...

The HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced that the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security Tiger Team will hold a virtual ...

New penalties in the HIPAA update are forcing hospitals to take data breaches more seriously, as service providers like Verizon have found (here’s a short summary). Updates to the rule treat health IT ...

This past month I had the opportunity to participate in several national and regional healthcare conferences and meetings around the country, and one of the main topics of discussion at each of those ...