HIPAA compliance and regulation
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that establishes national standards for safeguarding protected health information. Maintaining HIPAA compliance is essential to protecting patients and avoiding penalties and fines. Get the latest HIPAA news and learn strategies for compliance with HIPAA and other healthcare privacy and security regulations.
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10 Sep 2025
OCR, ASTP release version 3.6 of Security Risk Assessment Tool
The Security Risk Assessment Tool can help small and mid-sized healthcare organizations manage privacy and security risks and maintain HIPAA compliance. Continue Reading
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03 Sep 2025
White House health tech initiative sparks data privacy concerns
The federal government's efforts to improve the health tech ecosystem and build an interoperability framework come with potential data privacy and security concerns, experts say. Continue Reading
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17 Jun 2014
HIPAA Privacy Rule: Permitted PHI uses and disclosures
HealthITSecurity.com kicked off its HIPAA Privacy Rule series with a breakdown of permitted protected health information (PHI) uses and disclosures. Continue Reading