Through December 20, 2024, 575 security incidents involving unsecured protected health information affecting 500 or more ...

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 ...

The Biden Administration’s Office for Civil Rights delivered on its promise to propose an update to the HIPAA Security Rule. Our Health Care ...

HHS is proposing major changes to HIPAA for the first time in more than a decade, aiming to strengthen cybersecurity ...

On December 27, 2024, in the midst of the holiday season, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) deployed ...

The proposed HIPAA Security Rule introduces mandatory measures that reflect the growing sophistication of cyber threats in health care.

Tampa General Hospital has agreed to pay $6.8 million to settle a proposed consolidated federal class action lawsuit filed in ...

aimed at enhancing cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. Issued on December ...

If approved, the proposed new HIPAA rules will reshape the landscape of healthcare cybersecurity, partially addressing the recent OIG report’s findings on the ineffectiveness of current HIPAA audits.

Therapists handle sensitive patient information, so they require secure communication channels to shield such records.