President elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary to ...

The updates also follow a plan that HHS shared last December, which outlined efforts to strengthen cybersecurity in healthcare. That plan included updating the HIPAA Security Rule, and the ...

On October 23-24, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the National Institute of Standards ...

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has settled two investigations into HIPAA violations following ransomware attacks on ...

Covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) may receive a “discount” for having recognized security practices (RSPs) ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services issued a new proposed rule Monday that would change how privacy protections for people with substance abuse disorders interact with HIPAA information ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has reached a settlement with Bryan County Ambulance Authority (BCAA) in Oklahoma ...

In December 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance on online tracking technology to HIPAA-covered entities. The bulletin details ...

HIPAA rules “apply only to covered entities and, to some extent, their business associates,” a spokesperson at the U.S.

Improving the Patient Financial Experience Throughout the Patient Journey While many healthcare providers believe that improving the patient financial experience is a critical step for their ...

With Donald J. Trump set to return to the White House in January to serve another four-year term as U.S. president, what ...

Texas notes that the HIPAA statute does not expressly authorize “HHS to limit the documents that medical providers may produce to a state law enforcement agency”—and that HHS did not cite ...