Most hospitals and doctor’s offices, when they ask us to sign a “consent to treat” form, include that they can give out our information to whoever they want for “education” purposes, and if someone ...

On January 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) published a ...

Most hospitals and doctor’s offices, when they ask us to sign a “consent to treat” form, include that they can give out our information to whoever they want for “education” purposes, and if someone ...

Technology has changed significantly since the HIPAA Security Rule was last updated in 2013, the HHS' Office for Civil Rights ...

These changes to HIPAA, outlined in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), aim to increase cybersecurity protections for ...

On January 6, 2025 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a Proposed Rule (90 FR 898) to strengthen the HIPAA Security Rule ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) rules create a framework to protect the privacy and security of patient and health plan member ...

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

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

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

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

A new proposal aims to make security measures like multifactor authentication and encryption standard for healthcare ...