I am starting a pediatric home visiting service. What do I have to do to be HIPAA compliant if I only use electronic medical records? HIPAA compliance is mandatory for any "covered entity." For tools ...

Medical information – which includes fitness, genetic issues, and the diseases someone suffers from – is intensely personal stuff. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ...

Physicians can earn free CME credits by completing the Office for Civil Rights new HIPAA training module. This article was originally published on July 21 on Revenue Cycle Advisor. A new video ...

Adopting the proper countermeasures to protect and maintain trust in health care data will require additional collaboration ...

Twenty years ago Sunday, President Bill Clinton signed legislation that profoundly changed health care in the United States: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Much of ...

You hear about HIPAA all the time. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is described on forms at the doctor; it’s referenced in privacy policies; it’s even mentioned on the news.

When Congress passed HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, in 1996, we still had paper medical records, no smart phones, and no cats with Instagram accounts. The world has ...

HIPAA requires a covered entity to implement sanctions for violations of policies and procedures. A covered entity must have appropriate sanctions and apply appropriate sanctions against its workforce ...

After years of being accused of doing little to enforce Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s security and privacy rules, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appears to be ...