Despite years of federal warnings, many HIPAA regulated organizations neglect to expand their security risk analysis very far beyond electronic health records, said ...

Some healthcare providers already meet potential new HIPAA security requirements, but others may face significant challenges.

Melanie Fontes Rainer, HHS OCR director, speaking at a HIPAA summit this week (Image: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee) As the final months of the Biden administration wrap up, regulators at the agency charged ...

Major proposed changes to security guidance related to HIPAA compliance have been underway, with the expectation that ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently published an executive summary (Report) outlining key enforcement activities of the Health Insurance ...

On January 6, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published significant proposed amendments ( proposed rule) to the Security Rule under the Health Insurance ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Compliancy Group reminds healthcare organizations of their obligation to complete their annual HIPAA security risk assessment. HIPAA compliance largely depends ...

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 ...

Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth will offer Linden, Utah-based HIPAA One security risk analysis software as an optional line-item on their monthly invoice in an effort to provide greater value and ...

New federal security standards that cover how personal health information is electronically maintained or transmitted could create a legal nightmare for the health care industry, will require a ...

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