Leading U.S. Healthcare Software Development Company Strengthens Position as Trusted Partner for HIPAA Compliance and ...

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 ...

The federal HIPAA law protects patient privacy, but some say it can shut out family members trying to help relatives who are experiencing mental health crises. Visiting a doctor's office often means ...

In February 2024, HHS finalized significant revisions to 42 CFR Part 2, the federal regulation governing the confidentiality of SUD treatment ...

The healthcare industry cannot rely on HIPAA alone to ensure patient privacy, wrote Lucia C. Savage, chief privacy and regulatory officer at digital health company Omada Health, in an op-ed for Health ...

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 ...

Credit: Getty Images The rule aims to promote trust and open communication between patients and their health care providers. The “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support ...

The sweeping set of medical data privacy rules that were announced late last year by the Clinton administration are under fire and in limbo. The Bush administration last month delayed implementing the ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

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

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act limits when medical information can be shared. But some advocates say those protections can also get in the way of care. In a social media ...