Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) announced that it had entered into a settlement agreement with St. Elizabeth's Medical Center ...

In response to several high-profile cybersecurity incidents affecting hospitals and other health care providers, including the Change Healthcare breach, new federal legislation was recently introduced ...

A new resource, created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is designed to help healthcare organizations meet regulations of the HIPAA Security Rule, according to a NIST news ...

A proposed cybersecurity update would bring with it unfunded mandates and burden IT and security teams with increased documentation, reporting and compliance requirements that conflict with modern IT ...

The new CMS Interoperability Framework aims to harmonize protections across covered entities, business associates and patient ...

Credit: Getty Images Medical facilities are attractive targets for cyber criminals because of their technological dependence and sensitive data. An update to the Health Insurance Portability and ...

Early this year, the healthcare industry watched closely as the U.S. House and Senate debated and passed the Federal economic stimulus bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

If you work in the healthcare industry, chances are that you’re no stranger to HIPAA regulation. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 required the creation of national ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to assist organizations with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance, recently ...

The UBIT HIPAA Protected Health Information Security Policy guides UBIT functions that are subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (“HIPAA”) compliance requirements. This ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (or HIPAA) sets the standards for protecting sensitive patient data. To protect yourself from liabilities, any outside vendor you work with must ...