From it’s inception, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (or the HITECH Act) was intended to further enforce many rules within the Health Insurance Portability and ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series this week focusing on expert advice on complying with HIPAA and preparing for HITECH regulations. The HITECH compliance date for business ...

The HHS Office for Civil Rights is requesting comments about HIPAA covered entities’ and business associates’ implementation of “recognized security practices” and payments to “harmed individuals” ...

At this point, you already know about the Obama administration's goals for widespread EHR adoption, about the $19 billion being invested in healthcare IT, and about the carrots being offered to entice ...

The transition rule gives covered entities and business associates, including business associates and sub-business associates (Business Associates), operating under BAAs that were in place prior to ...

Robert LaMagna-Reiter, vice president and chief information security officer at First National Technology Solutions, better known as FNTS, says healthcare organizations increasingly are using industry ...

ContrastConnect has rolled out its physician-led virtual contrast supervision platform, which is designed to address the ...

These HITECH Act provisions became effective for covered entities on February 18, 2009, and made business associates directly subject to HIPAA’s enforcement scheme for the first time beginning ...

To celebrate its seventh birthday, HIPAA has planned quite a bash. In April 2003, the privacy provisions of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act became law. Contemplating the ...

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 ...

Clearwater Compliance welcomes renowned healthcare lawyer Elizabeth Warren, J.D., as a faculty member for its upcoming HIPAA-HITECH BootCamp™, January 16, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Warren is a ...