If approved, the proposed new HIPAA rules will reshape the landscape of healthcare cybersecurity, partially addressing the recent OIG report’s findings on the ineffectiveness of current HIPAA audits.

Purdue University complies with several laws regarding benefit offerings and protecting employee health information. This includes endeavors to preserve the privacy and confidentiality of the ...

These changes to HIPAA, outlined in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), aim to increase cybersecurity protections for ...

Healthcare marketing presents a unique challenge While businesses in other sectors can target audiences with fewer restrictions healthcare organizations must comply with stringent regulations designed ...

What better way to welcome the new year than with proposed new HIPAA Security Rules? As 2024 came to an end, the U.S. Department of Health and ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) rules create a framework to protect the privacy and security of patient and health plan member ...

Healthcare technology vendors that create, receive, maintain, or transmit protected health information are obligated under ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that strengthens the Security Rule of ...

Email is one of the most important means of communication for healthcare workers, however, while communicating sensitive ...

The Information Technology Security and Privacy Office is responsible for ensuring administrative, technical, and physical safeguards are implemented to ensure the ...

A lawsuit suggests part of New York's plan to outsource the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) violates ...

As above, patients must sign a specific authorization for this use. Stronger state laws HIPAA establishes a minimum standard that does not preempt state law. Confidential communications Patients ...