Melanie Fontes Rainer, HHS OCR director, speaking at a HIPAA summit this week (Image: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee) As the final months of the Biden administration wrap up, regulators at the agency charged ...

(WASHINGTON) — Late last month Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, raised eyebrows around the country when she claimed that a reporter’s question about her COVID-19 vaccination status ...

If your org deals with medical data, you should be familiar with HIPAA. The healthcare industry, given its scope and potential for innovation, is full of opportunities for startups. However, the ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — otherwise known as HIPAA — has become a major topic of discussion amid the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines as some individuals who have been ...

AI scribes are quickly becoming the digital sidekick of modern health care. They promise to reduce clinician burnout, streamline documentation, and improve the patient experience. But as health care ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Director Melanie Fontes Rainer speaks at length on the growing threat of ransomware cyberattacks, upcoming rule changes and enforcement ...

When Congress adopted HIPAA in 1996 there was a great deal of commotion surrounding the new information-handling rules. Healthcare organizations spent considerable time and money on training. This was ...

Is your email a HIPAA Compliant? Or does it need to be a HIPAA complaint for your private practice? You may think the answer is obvious and ofcourse, as a healthcare professional you need to be aware ...

I. SummaryThis article explains what hospitals should know about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”) and HIPAA updates under the ARRA, as well as what hospitals should do when ...

In a busy medical office, privacy risks can happen in a flash. A patient form left on the front desk. A billing email sent to the wrong address. A casual ...

I thought I'd look into HIPAA a little more, and it turns out the reality of HIPAA is much more complicated then I realized it was. A situation has come up with a friend of mine that I initially ...

Suppose you're 16 weeks pregnant and thus ineligible to legally get an abortion in the state of Florida, so you fly to Illinois where it's still legal and have the procedure done there. Can Florida ...