Changes to Health Breach Notification Rule Begin in July
FTC Health Breach Notification Rule changes take effect July 29 to strengthen and clarify how it applies to health apps and technologies not covered HIPAA.
FTC Health Breach Notification Rule changes take effect July 29 to strengthen and clarify how it applies to health apps and technologies not covered HIPAA.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy is now in effect, prohibiting the disclosure of PHI in certain circumstances.
The cause of the Ascension ransomware attack on May 8 is being linked to one employee who made a mistake.
The OCR/HHS issued resources to help patients understand the privacy and security risks when using telehealth services and how to reduce the risks.
Itʼs important to familiarize yourself with how the Supreme Court Ruling affects patient privacy and PHI and reading through the OCRʼs new guidance is a good step.
This month in light of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a bulletin reminding HIPAA covered entities and their business associates of the ways they may share patient information during an outbreak of infectious disease or other emergency situations.
An apparent lack of understanding of what defines Protected Health Information (PHI) has cost one hospital system $2.175 million in fines to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
This week, American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), the billing collections vendor for both Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, reported to both companies that the data of nearly 20 million customers may have been compromised.
The HHS published a Notification of Enforcement Discretion Regarding HIPAA Civil Money Penalties that changes the interpretation of fines for violations defined under the HITECH Act, effectively reducing some of the annual limits.
Three email system breaches in three states exposed protected health information and each healthcare entity is stepping up efforts so it won’t happen again.
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