Even with laptops being curiously omitted from HIPAA regulations, allowing ePHI on laptops, workstations and other portable devices violates several other HIPAA Security rules, the main ones being ...

A major provider of behavioral health services to US nursing homes has agreed to pay $225,000 to settle allegations it failed ...

While the HIPAA Security Rule was written in the mid-1990s to be flexible and scalable, and not overly prescriptive, the cyberthreat landscape has transformed dramatically. Fontes Rainer and other ...

Understand the Importance of HIPAA Compliance When choosing a security system for your hospital, HIPAA compliance ...

The HIPAA Security Rule, which was written years ago before the emergence of sophisticated cyberthreats, is in urgent need of an update, says security expert Tom Walsh. "It really needs to be ...

Last year, the HHS’s Office for Civil Rights filed 22 HIPAA resolution agreements totaling over $1.12 million in settlement fines. Providers can leverage a checklist to ensure they comply with ...

The HIPAA Security Rule does not require covered entities and business associates to follow the NIST Cybersecurity Framework or the approaches under Section 405(d) of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.

For more than 20 years, the HIPAA Security Rule has been virtually unchanged other than extending its scope beyond covered entities to also include ...

Key points A central component of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the health care privacy protections it provides to individuals. The HIPAA law sets standards ...