The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules require covered entities (including healthcare providers and health plans) and their business associates to protect patient ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While many of the proposed modifications to the HIPAA Security Rule are reasonable expectations, others will be extremely onerous to implement - especially within a short time frame - if federal ...

Credit: Getty Images The changes are the first update to the rule since 2013. The proposed changes would require health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and insurance companies to strengthen ...

This guide includes everything employers need to know about HIPAA requirements, as well as a HIPAA compliance checklist.

The Covered Components and individuals who work in any of the Covered Components listed on the HIPAA Compliance website, are affected by this policy. Purdue University is a Hybrid Entity under the ...

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Idaho State University will pay $400,000 to the U.S. Department of Health Human Services to settle alleged violations of the HIPAA Security Rule. The settlement comes after ISU’s Pocatello Family ...

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. High on the regulatory watch list for the healthcare sector is ...

The newly proposed Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule may look very different once it becomes official as concerns loom. Earlier this year, the Federal Register ...