Untimely access to health information, data breaches and just being completely unprepared can leave home-based care companies ...

On January 6, 2025, the Biden Administration issued a new proposed rule updating the HIPAA Security Standards ( “Proposed ...

Over the past decade, there has been an immense increase in the popularity of health applications and connected health devices as more and more of consumers’ health information is shared online.

A Biden Administration HIPAA privacy protection rule was challenged in two cases in Texas federal courts. A federal judge issued an injunction suspending enforcement of the rule by the DOJ.

Texas inspired Idaho and Oklahoma to follow suit with this type of enforcement mechanism. With legal protections provided by HIPAA, it is difficult to prove in court whether a person sought out this ...

This is particularly true for reproductive health privacy.” Ongoing Commitment to HIPAA Enforcement This settlement illustrates OCR’s efforts to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations.

Effective bioterrorism planning, prevention, and response require information sharing between various entities, ranging from public health authorities and health-care workers to national security ...

In order to effectively transmit and use electronic health information, they had to take HIPAA a little more seriously,’ Dylewski said. ’Now they were putting some enforcement around the ...