ONC Published a New Patient Guidebook to Encourage Patient Health Record Access
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) [...]
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Three Proposed Changes in HIPAA Regulations in 2018
For every new regulation introduced, two will be cut out. That is an administration policy that is in the [...]
Healthcare Data Breach Statistics From 2009 to 2017
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights began publishing summaries of [...]
New Version of Colorado Data Breach Notification Bill Cuts Reporting to 30 Days
The Colorado data breach notification bill was introduced in January to protect residents against data [...]
Colorado Legislators Propose New Privacy and Data Breach Law
A bipartisan group of legislators in Colorado proposed changing its privacy and data breach notification laws [...]
HHS Issued Partial HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver for the Third Time in 2017
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a partial waiver of HIPAA sanctions and penalties for [...]
HIPAA Compliance for Self-Administered Group Health Plan
One of the most confusing aspects areas of HIPAA legislation is HIPAA compliance for self-insured group [...]
Does GDPR apply to US companies?
New European data privacy and security legislation –General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – has been [...]
Is OneDrive HIPAA Compliant?
Many covered entities want to take advantage of cloud storage services, but it is important to consider if [...]
HIV Status of its Members May Possibly Revealed in Amida Care Breach
The New York based not-for-profit community health plan provider Amida Care has reported a HIPAA breach that [...]
What is the HIPAA breach notification rule?
Despite the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 being one of the most vital pieces of [...]
Is Dropbox HIPAA compliant?
Dropbox is a widely-used file hosting service used by many groups to share files, but is Dropbox HIPAA [...]
What are the HIPAA rules for dentists?
Despite the fact that many dental clinics are self-contained centers, the HIPAA rules for dentists apply to [...]
How many HIPAA Violations in 2016?
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has increased its enforcement [...]
Telemedicine HIPAA requirements
The Telemedicene HIPAA requirements affect any medical sector employee or healthcare organization that [...]
What are the HIPAA e-signature requirements?
Digital signatures have proved, in the healthcare industry, to increase the efficiency of many processes, yet [...]
Limited Waiver of HIPAA Sanctions issues by HSS in aftermath of Californian Wildfires
A limited waiver of HIPAA sanctions and penalties was issued by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of [...]
What is HIPAA compliant texting?
The answer to the question “What is HIPAA compliant texting” is generally unclear. Although HIPAA does [...]
What are the HIPAA email compliance requirements?
There has been much debate about HIPAA email compliance requirements since amendments were made to the Health [...]
HIV Status of Amida Care Members Potentially Revealed Due to Mailing Error
Amida Care, the New York not-for-profit community health plan, has announced that it has experienced HIPAA [...]
HIPAA Encryption Requirements
HIPAA encryption requirements have proved a source of much confusion. This is due to the technical safeguards [...]
What are the HIPAA requirements for mobile devices?
Healthcare organizations and other HIPAA-covered bodies have embraced the evolution of mobile technology, and [...]
HHS Withdraws Proposed Certification Rule After Concerns Raised
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a new rule for certification of [...]
Why was HIPAA created?
The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law, on August 21, 1996 [...]
What are the HIPAA telephone rules?
The Federal Communication Commission has issued a Declaratory Ruling and Order to clarify the HIPAA telephone [...]
What are the rules for HIPAA Compliant Telemedicine?
The rule for HIPAA Compliant Telemedicine in call centers is something every company, providing an answering [...]
What are the HIPAA rules regarding text messaging?
Labelling text messaging as HIPAA violation is not strictly correct. Depending on the context of the text [...]
What are the Penalties for HIPAA Violations?
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and state attorneys general can [...]
New Proposals from AHA Aim to Reduce Regulatory Burdens
In a recent correspondence with the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, the American Hospital [...]
Hurricane Maria Disaster Zone Has Partial HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver Imposed
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has already imposed two partial waivers of HIPAA [...]
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