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The Italian Data Protection Authority Garante has announced the food delivery company Foodinho has been fined [...]

In the United States, mask mandates are starting to be lifted and people who have been fully vaccinated [...]

If you or your business handles the protected health information of Texas residents, you must comply with [...]

Every HIPAA-covered entity is required to implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the [...]

The HIPAA Enforcement Rule gave the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights the authority to penalize healthcare [...]

Unsure about how often you need HIPAA training? In this post we explain how often HIPAA training should be [...]

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 or HIPAA was signed into law by Pres. Bill [...]

This month, a U.S District Court judge for the Southern District of Georgia has sentenced a man for making [...]

Although it is illegal for a Covered Entity to intimidate, threaten, coerce, discriminate, or retaliate [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced the settlement with SkyMed International has been finalized [...]

The HIPAA “Minimum Necessary” standard is an important provision of HIPAA and one that all healthcare [...]

In the healthcare industry, health information is often spoken of as protected health information or PHI, but [...]

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 – or HIPAA for short – is a vital [...]

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has issued new guidance to help HIPAA covered entities and their business [...]

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has made good on its promise to step up enforcement of compliance with the [...]

The City of New Haven in Connecticut has settled a HIPAA violation case with the U.S. Department of Health [...]

The health plan Aetna, part of the Aetna Life Insurance Company, has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty to [...]

In 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights launched its HIPAA Right [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has imposed its 8th HIPAA penalty on a [...]

A multi-state investigation by attorneys general in 42 states and Washington D.C. over the 78.8 million [...]

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has imposed its second largest ever HIPAA violation penalty – [...]

The Community Health Systems business associate, CHSPSC LLC, has settled its HIPAA violation case with the [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has settled another HIPAA [...]

A recent MITRE-Harris poll has revealed most Americans are unaware of the extent to which health insurers are [...]

In certain circumstances, the developers of mobile health apps are classed as business associates and are [...]

HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates are required to implement safeguards to ensure the [...]

In June 2020, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance explaining how HIPAA [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has issued an alert about a potential [...]

For the second time in a week, the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a fine has been imposed [...]

On January 31, 2020, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services declared the outbreaks of [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has agreed to settle a HIPAA [...]

Can healthcare providers and their employees utilize Google Voice? Is this telephony service HIPAA compliant? [...]

If there is one good thing to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic it is the changes that have been made to [...]

When famous people are diagnosed with an illness or suffer an accident, that can be headline news. The Health [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has issued new HIPAA guidance to clear [...]

Hospitals have been warned that they must not allow film crews into parts of hospitals where there is [...]

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has issued guidance on COVID-19 and HIPAA about the permitted disclosures [...]

Last week, the Trump Administration extended Medicare telehealth services as the COVID-19 crisis deepened. [...]

A recent audit of a mail-order pharmacy and 29 other healthcare provides by the Department of Health and [...]

While email retention is not specifically mentioned in the HIPAA text, certain provisions cover data [...]

A HIPAA subpoena for medical records is an area where there is considerable potential for a HIPAA violation. [...]

What are the requirements for a HIPAA compliant website? Here we list the important elements when setting up [...]

Google Forms is a survey administration tool that allows forms to be created for data collection purposes, [...]

In this post we cover some of the many HIPAA myths that have been circulating on the internet and often get [...]

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced its sixth HIPAA penalty of 2019. The University of [...]

Jackson Health System (JHS) has paid a $2.15 million civil monetary penalty to the HHS’ Office for Civil [...]

What are the HIPAA Training Requirements? HIPAA applies to all types of Covered Entities (CEs) – [...]

A dental practice has been fined $10,000 by the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights for violating Health Insurance [...]

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 called for the Department of Health and Human [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has issued guidance for HIPAA-covered [...]

Healthcare providers are providing patients with copies of their medical records, but a majority have been [...]

A consolidated class action lawsuit against Premera Blue Cross over its 2014 data breach of 10.6 million [...]

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions has proposed a settlement of $145 million to resolve alleged violations of [...]

The penalties for HIPAA violations are usually restricted to fines for the covered entity or business [...]

It has been 14 years since the HIPAA Security Rule requirements have been mandatory, but many healthcare [...]

The first dentist that was issued a fine for a HIPAA violation was Dr. Joseph Beck in 2015. His case served [...]

When did compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) become mandatory and [...]

Can medical practitioners use Google Home and Google Assistant? Is Google Assistant HIPAA compliant or would [...]

Can healthcare organizations use DocuSign in association with electronic protected health information (ePHI) [...]

Microsoft Teams is popular among businesses who use it to improve communication and collaboration, but can it [...]

Calendly is a well-known tool that many businesses use for scheduling meetings and appointments. Is it all [...]

Evernote is a useful cloud-based tool for taking notes, making to do lists, planning projects, and [...]

Google Keep is a cloud-based note taking application that allows notes to be created and shared across [...]

Both the Department of Health and Human Service’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and state attorneys general [...]

Return Path is an email marketing and optimization program that helps companies to put their email marketing [...]

Though there were HIPAA updates being considered by OCR in 2018, the pace of change is slow and it could well [...]

Does Mandrill support HIPAA compliance? Can healthcare organizations use MailChimp’s transactional email [...]

Marketo is an email marketing and lead management platform that has now been acquired by Adobe. Can [...]