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

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

In response to several high-profile cybersecurity incidents affecting hospitals and other health care providers, including the Change ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Once Newbold joins CMS, there will be only four open CIO jobs across HHS, including the departmental technology leadership position, which as been open since November when Karl Mathias left to take a ...

October 25, 2024 - The rise of health care apps, fitness trackers, and digital health platforms has transformed how we manage and monitor our health, wellness, and fitness. These tools collect a ...

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 ...

HHS proposed the rule in response to rising cyberattacks targeting electronic protected healthcare information, or ePHI, which HIPAA regulates. “We’ve seen tremendous increases in the use of ...

Download today! During a HIPAA security conference on Wednesday, a top official with HHS’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) said officials “anticipate publication of the security rule NRPM this year.” The ...