Many people see the start of a new year as a time to refresh and renew themselves. For covered entities under HIPAA, which include group health ...

Entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), such as group health plans, that ...

This guide includes everything employers need to know about HIPAA requirements, as well as a HIPAA compliance checklist.

In April 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final regulations addressing reproductive health care under HIPAA (89 Fed. Reg. 32976 (Apr. 26 ...

Purdue University complies with several laws regarding benefit offerings and protecting employee health information. This includes endeavors to preserve the privacy and confidentiality of the ...

Medical privacy is essential to most patients, and it is the motivating goal behind the development of the HIPAA regulations. At least at the outset, however, HIPAA has come at a significant cost in ...

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 ...

A former University of Iowa Hospitals physician is appealing a court decision tied to an Iowa Board of Medicine investigation into his conduct.

Agency: "Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services." SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS ...