The following is written by Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS, founder and CEO of QSE Technologies. So you think the Department of Health and Human Services isn’t serious about enforcement of HIPAA?

When Office for Civil Rights Director Leon Rodriguez took the stage Monday to talk HIPAA at the HIMSS Media and Healthcare IT News Privacy and Security Forum, the ...

While the wait continues for the Biden administration to name a new leader for the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights, the HIPAA enforcement agency recently issued its ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public input on two significant HIPAA questions: how regulators should consider the "recognized" security practices of organizations when making ...

In a March 19 webinar hosted by McGuireWoods, Holly Carnell, JD, and Amanda L. Enyeart, JD, associates, and Kimberly J. Kannensohn, JD, partner, McGuireWoods, discussed the Omnibus Final Rule that ...

The omnibus rule, which kicked in a little over a month ago in September, establishes a new set of expectations and possibilities on the enforcement front. HIPAA provisions now apply to Business ...

Four healthcare providers were recently found to be in violation of HIPAA, according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights. Two of the cases were part of the HIPAA Right of Access initiative, which aims ...

With last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade clearing the way for states to restrict access to abortion care, activists are scouring federal laws to help protect abortion rights ...

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