A report released on Friday found that HIPAA complaints and breaches spiked between 2017 and 2021, with the agency in charge of handling the notices saying it lacks sufficient resources to properly ...

There has been a notable emphasis on proactive enforcement of the privacy and security of protected health information in recent weeks as evidenced by multiple developments regarding compliance with ...

I. SummaryThis article explains what hospitals should know about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”) and HIPAA updates under the ARRA, as well as what hospitals should do when ...

Proposed changes that could directly impact practices include shortening the timeframe for responding to patient requests for records. Last year, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...