Feb. 16, 2026, is the deadline for updating and distributing HIPAA Notices of Privacy Practices (“NPP”) that address the confidentiality ...

HIPAA compliance requirements continue to evolve, and recent court decisions have understandably drawn significant attention.

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 ...

Credit: Getty Images The changes are the first update to the rule since 2013. The proposed changes would require health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and insurance companies to strengthen ...

Covered entities and business associates finally have an idea what the accounting of disclosures provision in HITECH is all about. The Department of Health & Human Services publically released a ...

Prior to the implementation of the Privacy Rule, there existed fragmented and varied laws and policies concerning health information privacy. [4] The U.S ...

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The Covered Components and individuals who work in any of the Covered Components listed on the HIPAA Compliance website, are affected by this policy. Purdue University is a Hybrid Entity under the ...

Some healthcare providers already meet potential new HIPAA security requirements, but others may face significant challenges.

Revisions to 42 CFR Part 2 that go into effect soon to better align federal regulations for the confidentiality of substance ...

The decades-old federal law protecting the privacy of individual health information is threatened by multiple lawsuits that seek to throw out a rule restricting disclosure of information in criminal ...