The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently issued final regulations (“Reproductive Health Care Rule”) under the Health Insurance Portability ...

The HIPAA Privacy and Security Omnibus final rule should bring some long-awaited clarification and certainty to marketing, fundraising and other aspects of ...

On April 22, 2024, the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a final rule enhancing privacy protections relating ...

Credit: Getty Images The rule aims to promote trust and open communication between patients and their health care providers. The “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support ...

Under a new rule, patients and healthcare providers will be further protected from investigations and liability relating to reproductive healthcare services when they were legally obtained and ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule on the data privacy provisions for reproductive health care ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . On Feb. 16, HHS, through its Office for Civil Rights and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...

As the deadline winds down for healthcare organizations to be in compliance with the HIPAA electronic administration transaction standards, the Department of Human Services has released an interim ...

If the healthcare providers that have been operating under HIPAA for nearly two decades were the only ones required to comply with the new rule on privacy and security, that would be challenging ...

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