These changes to HIPAA, outlined in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), aim to increase cybersecurity protections for ...

Technology has changed significantly since the HIPAA Security Rule was last updated in 2013, the HHS' Office for Civil Rights ...

December 2024 was an active month for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"). OCR announced (i) ...

For more than 20 years, the HIPAA Security Rule has been virtually unchanged other than extending its scope beyond covered entities to also ...

A lawsuit suggests part of New York's plan to outsource the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) violates ...

IAPP Cybersecurity Law Center Managing Director Jim Dempsey writes about the U.S. Department of Health Human Services' notice ...

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

Most hospitals and doctor’s offices, when they ask us to sign a “consent to treat” form, include that they can give out our information to whoever they want for “education” purposes, and if someone ...

Correspondence included in the Office of the Inspector General report shows that the HHS Office for Civil Rights hoped to ...

The security rule update, which would be the first since 2013, aims to clarify and provide more instruction on securing ...

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.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA / ACCESSWIRE / January 7, 2025 / At CES 2025, , Inc. ("Koop"), the all-in-one trust management platform for ...