The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) rules create a framework to protect the privacy and security of patient and health plan member health information. Purdue ...

2.2.1. Electronic data is considered secured if: 2.2.1.1. The data has been properly encrypted consistent with guidance issued by the Department of Health & Human Services and 2.2.1.2. The ...

Congress established penalties for noncompliance and for unauthorized disclosure of protected information but did not establish or fund enforcement for HIPAA. DHHS has commissioned the Office of ...

If you’re being interviewed and a journalist asks you if you’re vaccinated, is that a violation of HIPAA? No. What if your ...

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-covered entities and business associates should be familiar with restrictions on the ...

Fortunately, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provides some clarifications. In general, the income from a long-term care insurance policy is non-taxable, and the ...

Cigna was accused of trading the health information of insured people who visited its website for corporate profit in what ...

Inc. for potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The case stems from a 2019 phishing attack that exposed the unsecured electronic protected health ...

Commentary: Gov. Hochul must sign a bill to protect users' private information on health-tracking apps, and other states need to pass similar laws.

As it pertains to the Gramm Leach Bliley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Safeguarding of Electronic Customer Information and Protected Health Information ...

A California congressman, citing the investigation, then called on the federal Health and Human Services Department ... have ...