Covered entities and business associates finally have an idea what the accounting of disclosures provision in HITECH is all about. The Department of Health & Human Services publically released a ...

The Department of Health and Human Services should make several revisions in its long-delayed plans for a revamp of the HIPAA accounting of disclosures rule and conduct pilot tests before implementing ...

On November 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Saint Joseph’s Medical Center for potential violations of the ...

Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). HIPAA's purpose is to protect the privacy and security of protected ...

Fearful that doctors might be hesitant to adopt electronic health record technology, the Medical Group Management Association called on the Department of Health and Human Services to withdraw its ...

The Kentucky Court of Appeals recently held that a hospital acted lawfully in terminating the employment of a nurse for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA ...

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Disclosure Rules Not As Strict As Widely Believe Patients' representatives, individuals designated to make medical decisions for them, have equal rights to access information under HIPAA. The idea of ...

I work in mental health with mandated sexual offenders. Their parole officers state that they need to ensure that the files are complete and they have demanded to see entire files. I have refused, ...