How will the privacy rule affect your practice? We took that question and others to a health care attorney to find out. Many physicians are so overwhelmed by decreasing reimbursement, increasing ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) established national standards for the security and privacy of protected health information ...

The HIPAA Privacy Rule’s right of access provisions ensure that patients can obtain access to their protected health information (PHI). Failure to do so may result ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — otherwise known as HIPAA — has become a major topic of discussion amid the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines as some individuals who have been ...

Recent changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule require that healthcare providers update their Notice of Privacy Practices (“NPP”) by February 16, 2026. 1 The changes ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Privacy Rule is a federal law prohibiting health care providers, businesses and the people working with ...

On April 26, 2024, almost a year after issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Privacy Rule, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office ...

The "P" in HIPAA doesn't stand for privacy. It's one of the first things a lot of experts will say when asked to clear up any misconceptions about the health data law. Instead, it stands for ...

HHS Secretary Alex Azar says proposed HIPAA privacy rule changes aim to "break down barriers" in care coordination. The Department of Health and Human Services on ...

An amended version of the bipartisan 21st Century Cure bill, which aims to advance medical innovation, has passed its first Congressional hurdle without any revisions ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...