The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Privacy Rule is a federal law prohibiting health care providers, businesses and the people working with ...

As the Department of Health and Human Services weighs potential modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, regulators must consider aligning those changes with other ...

These modifications were outlined in a “Notice of Proposed Rule Making” on Jan. 21, 2021. But it was not a priority until very recently, when HHS announced plans to finalize this rule in March 2023.

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 ...

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. High on the regulatory watch list for the healthcare sector is ...

The Trump administration proposed changes Thursday to data privacy rules to give patients more access to their health information and improve care coordination. The ...

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You may have heard public figures respond to questions about COVID-19 vaccines by citing the HIPAA privacy rule. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, was established in ...

Editor’s Note: As workplaces reopen, many employers are grappling with whether to require employees to be vaccinated or to impose mask mandates. Some have faced resistance in the form of false claims ...

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