The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced a settlement with a community hospital resolving an investigation under the Health Insurance Portability ...

This article is aimed at providing tips that will assist an attorney representing a client subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This article is aimed at providing tips ...

After a summer that saw major data breaches at the Office of Personnel Management and UCLA Health System, this fall is a great time to take your organization back to school on HIPAA compliance and ...

There are few things as well known yet as poorly understood as The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as "HIPAA." The portion that is most relevant to both ...

In this installment, we'll look at what types of actions or failures result in violations, and how to avoid them. The HIPAA privacy rule applies to protected health information (PHI), which includes ...

Why is a 20-year-old law still so confusing? It's ironic that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, legislation intended, in large part, to simplify the administration of healthcare ...

The story of UCLA Medical Center’s HIPAA violations reminds me of an interview I did awhile back with the CSO of another medical institution with its own HIPAA baggage. Since the interview, Providence ...

This article is aimed at providing tips that will assist an attorney representing a client subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HIPAA requires entities that receive, ...

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