In February 2024, HHS finalized significant revisions to 42 CFR Part 2, the federal regulation governing the confidentiality of SUD treatment ...
Entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), such as group health plans, that ...
Some healthcare providers already meet potential new HIPAA security requirements, but others may face significant challenges.
AMARILLO, Texas — A federal court in Texas issued a preliminary injunction that partially halts the Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing a new HIPAA rule that restricts the ...
The long-overdue final HIPAA omnibus rule was posted on the Federal Register public inspection desk Jan 17. The package of regulations will be officially posted on the Federal Register on Jan. 25. See ...
Melanie Fontes Rainer, HHS OCR director, speaking at a HIPAA summit this week (Image: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee) As the final months of the Biden administration wrap up, regulators at the agency charged ...
In April 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final regulations addressing reproductive health care under HIPAA (89 Fed. Reg. 32976 (Apr. 26 ...
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This guide includes everything employers need to know about HIPAA requirements, as well as a HIPAA compliance checklist.
The HIPAA Privacy and Security Omnibus final rule should bring some long-awaited clarification and certainty to marketing, fundraising and other aspects of ...
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 ...
In examining how the Office of Civil Rights administered its periodic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audit program from January 2016 through December 2020, the U.S. Department of ...