The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently issued final regulations (“Reproductive Health Care Rule”) under the Health Insurance Portability ...

The HIPAA Privacy and Security Omnibus final rule should bring some long-awaited clarification and certainty to marketing, fundraising and other aspects of ...

On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Office for Civil Rights issued a final privacy rule to support reproductive health privacy.[1] The rule does not allow the sharing of ...

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 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule adopting national standards for electronic signatures in health care claims attachments, effective May 26, 2026, with ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is preparing the first major HIPAA Security Rule update since 2013, with a final ...

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The omnibus final rule that covers changes to privacy, security, breach notification and enforcement rules under HIPAA will not include a requirement for encrypting protected health information, an ...

As the deadline winds down for healthcare organizations to be in compliance with the HIPAA electronic administration transaction standards, the Department of Human Services has released an interim ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . On Feb. 16, HHS, through its Office for Civil Rights and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...

Agency: "Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services." SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS ...

Final rule adopting changes to the HIPAA Enforcement Rule to incorporate the increased and tiered civil money penalty structure provided by the HITECH Act, originally published as an interim final ...