Earlier this week, the Biden-Harris Administration, through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a Final Rule aimed at protecting protected health information (PHI) related to lawfully provided ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 as amended and implemented through regulations at 45 C.F.R. §§ 160 and 164 (“HIPAA”) regulates the privacy and security of health ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations have been widely discussed in the press and within the medical provider community. Doctors and hospitals have grown used to ...

Some are claiming that questions about Covid-19 vaccination status are violations of HIPAA. Here security checks Covid-19 vaccination cards before the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Miami ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, widely known as HIPAA, is a federal law that restricts the release of medical information without a person’s consent. However, there ...

This guide includes everything employers need to know about HIPAA requirements, as well as a HIPAA compliance checklist.

Editor’s Note: As workplaces reopen, many employers are grappling with whether to require employees to be vaccinated or to impose mask mandates. Some have faced resistance in the form of false claims ...

Abortion advocates and Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to protect data on patients seeking abortion services, as concerns mount that clinic and hospital information could ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's Privacy Rule is a federal law prohibiting health care providers, businesses and the people working with them ...

For example, the OCR stated that the failure to develop or implement compliant HIPAA policies and procedures “demonstrate [s] either conscious intent or reckless disregard with respect to . . .