A federal court in Texas issued a preliminary injunction that partially halts the Department of Health and Human Services ...

HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It is a federal law that protects your medical ...

Healthcare organizations, whether small practices or large hospitals, operate on the cornerstone of trust, considering they ...

As of December 23, health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses (covered entities) and their business associates ...

On the other hand, if the provider determines that the RPHI is for the purpose of investigating or prosecuting the reproductive care patient, HIPAA prohibits the disclosure. If, during the course ...

The purpose of the HIPAA Privacy Rules was to create national standards to protect the privacy of personal health information. As of April 14, 2003, all covered ...

Reinterpretation of health privacy law on abortion, transgender treatments after Supreme Court ended federal abortion ...

When we think about HIPAA compliance and websites, the focus often shifts to patient portals, online scheduling systems, and ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a $250,000 settlement with ...

The Privacy Rules of HIPAA allow the individual to regain control over individually identifiable health information. The individual is guaranteed right of access to ...