The security rule update, which would be the first since 2013, aims to clarify and provide more instruction on securing ...

Healthcare technology vendors that create, receive, maintain, or transmit protected health information are obligated under ...

At the close of 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 was enacted by the U.S. Congress to regulate the protection of private health information for ...

While the department undertakes this rulemaking, the current HIPAA Security Rule remains in force, ensuring ongoing ...

Provide administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule Safeguard against anticipated threats to the security or integrity of protected electronic ...

Material updates to the HIPAA Security Rule could be on the way — affecting all HIPAA-regulated entities — for the first time in two decades.

Read more about the proposed rule to better defend individuals' electronic protected health information from cyberthreats.

HUD last week proposed the first potential update to HIPAA rules since 2013 with the goal of improving cybersecurity ...

Reporting Potential Breaches. WMU personnel shall immediately report any potential or suspected breach of PHI or WMU’s privacy policies to their unit’s HIPAA ...

Correspondence included in the Office of the Inspector General report shows that the HHS Office for Civil Rights hoped to ...

Purdue University is a "hybrid entity" under the HIPAA Privacy Regulations. Purdue's primary purpose is education. However, Purdue does have departments or components ...