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When it comes to safeguarding health data, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is paramount. HIPAA’s extensive reach encompasses nearly all healthcare providers and all ...

HIPAA currently provides that a civil money penalty may not be imposed with respect to an act “ if the act constitutes an offense punishable ” under the HIPAA criminal penalties provisions. Effective ...

Investigations by the Office for Civil Rights related to compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act will no longer be initiated by only complaints and self-reported ...

Patients want their healthcare information to stay private. Healthcare provider organizations want to keep patient data secure. But the need for interoperability and sharing of protected health ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations have been widely discussed in the press and within the medical provider community. Doctors and hospitals have grown used to ...

In April 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final regulations addressing reproductive health care under HIPAA (89 Fed. Reg. 32976 (Apr. 26 ...

In 2026, healthcare organizations face converging HIPAA, interoperability, and privacy mandates, driving demand for advanced compliance software and security solutions. Federal updates now require ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Privacy Rule is a federal law prohibiting health care providers, businesses and the people working with ...

Abortion advocates and Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to protect data on patients seeking abortion services, as concerns mount that clinic and hospital information could ...