High regulatory burdens and costs to comply would not be feasible, particularly for smaller and rural hospitals, potentially ...

Recognizing the increasing number of successful cyberattacks targeting health care organizations and their valuable patient data, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is calling for enhancements ...

In examining how the Office of Civil Rights administered its periodic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audit program from January 2016 through December 2020, the U.S. Department of ...

It was brought to the attention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that healthcare providers may ...

HHS seeks input HIPAA security rule video by Dec. 8 to address risk management and OCR investigations in a prerecorded presentation.

Protected Health Information (PHI) breaches occur for many reasons besides cyberattacks. In fact, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which leads breach ...

For example, the OCR stated that the failure to develop or implement compliant HIPAA policies and procedures “demonstrate [s] either conscious intent or reckless disregard with respect to . . .

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights has settled with MedEvolve for $350,000 over potential HIPAA violations regarding a data breach in which a server containing ...

HIPAA complaints and breaches increased from 2017 to 2021, but the agency in charge of auditing compliance said it doesn’t have the resources to handle the uptick. The HHS Office for Civil Rights, or ...

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The Office of Civil Rights is providing a 90-day transition period for healthcare providers to come into compliance with the HIPAA Rules regarding telehealth, according to the Department of Health and ...