In August, Advocate Health Care Network agreed to pay a $5.55 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR), for multiple HIPAA violations. In ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 was enacted by the U.S. Congress to regulate the protection of private health information for ...

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Since Feb. 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has announced 14 monetary penalties/settlements related to cyber incidents with no signs of ...

Learn about HIPAA, the U.S. act safeguarding healthcare data privacy and setting standards for medical information storage ...

The UBIT HIPAA Protected Health Information Security Policy guides UBIT functions that are subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (“HIPAA”) compliance requirements. This ...

Under the Breach Notification Rule, HIPAA covered entities have until March 1 to submit reports of small breaches that occurred during calendar year 2016 to HHS’ Office for Civil Rights. As outlined ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations have been widely discussed in the press and within the medical provider community. Doctors and hospitals have grown used to ...

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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 ...