The long-overdue final HIPAA omnibus rule was posted on the Federal Register public inspection desk Jan 17. The package of regulations will be officially posted on the Federal Register on Jan. 25. See ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996 to protect sensitive health information from being disclosed without patients' consent. Under this act, a patient's ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking public comment as it plans to update its 2008 guidance for implementing the HIPAA Security Rule, which went into effect about 20 years ago ...

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, the American Medical Association, and other healthcare providers and organizations are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the HHS Office of the General Counsel (OGC), c0-developed a free mobile app and ...

HIPAA is often used as a shorthand for "no," but the law is a nuanced permissions framework, not a blanket prohibition. Explore why "HIPAA-compliant" software often enforces a caricature of the actual ...

Purdue University is a Hybrid Entity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Purdue’s primary purpose is education; however, Purdue does have departments and ...