The HITECH Act requires FTC, in consultation with HHS, to study potential privacy, security and breach notification requirements for vendors of personal health records (“PHRs”) and other entities that ...

3. Final rule on Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information under the HITECH Act, which replaces the breach notification rule’s “harm” threshold with a more objective standard and ...

A dermatology practice in Massachusetts has agreed to a $150,000 settlement with HHS for not having procedures in place to fulfill HIPAA’s breach notification provisions. The HHS Office for Civil ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) updated its health breach notification rule (HBNR) on April 26, 2024. The final rule expanded the scope of the HBNR to cover health applications and similar ...

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In the past several weeks, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") has announced settlements with three health care organizations — Comstar, LLC ...

Reading news headlines or opening the mailbox to another data breach notification letter emphasizes that a data incident is more likely to be a “when” and not an “if” for your organization. While long ...

Whenever the topic of health and medical data comes up, there is often a prevailing assumption that this information is subject to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ...

The use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems has revolutionized how healthcare is provided by allowing access to data and improving the coordination of care among medical professionals. But, the ...

County officials said a data breach affected 14,081 individuals, and notices are now going out. Officials said, "Hamilton County Government is a Covered Entity under HIPAA. Recently, its business ...