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

OCR is accepting comments on the Proposed Rule through September 13, 2010. Covered entities, business associates and others affected by the Administrative Simplification Regulations should consider ...

On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of HIPAA security rule claims involving Health Fitness Corporation (Health ...

Two different updates to notices of privacy practices (NPPs) are due on February 16, 2026. First, HIPAA covered entities that ...

The long-overdue final HIPAA omnibus rule was posted on the Federal Register public inspection desk Jan 17. The package of regulations will be officially posted on the Federal Register on Jan. 25. See ...

Since it was first enacted, the healthcare industry has been under constant pressure to keep personal healthcare information (PHI) secure and to remain compliant with the evolving rules and ...

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 ...

Rodriguez continued that the modifications "not only greatly enhance a patient’s privacy rights and protections, but also strengthen the ability of my office to vigorously enforce the HIPAA privacy ...

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a hospital’s covered entities and business associates must be diligent about privacy and security compliance measures to safeguard ...

A recent security breach at a Derby, Conn., hospital highlights some risks that could easily plague an ASC, an imaging center, or any physician-owned medical facility. In March, Griffin Hospital, a ...

Healthcare organizations face an unprecedented security crisis. Since 2018, the number of individuals affected by healthcare data breaches has nearly doubled—hitting 56 million last year. These ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has reached a settlement with Comstar, LLC, a Massachusetts-based billing and collection company ...