The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released the long anticipated Final Rule to revise the ...

CMS has developed a fact sheet (pdf) on HIPAA 5010 to help providers transition to the new system, according to a HIMSS news release. 1. Create a transition plan. 2. Communicate with vendors regularly ...

President Obama has taken executive action on gun control. On Monday, the White House released a fact sheet laying out the plan to reduce gun violence in the United States. Amongst the many actions to ...

For the first time in 11 years, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed updating the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ...