Despite years of federal warnings, many HIPAA regulated organizations neglect to expand their security risk analysis very far beyond electronic health records, said ...

Some healthcare providers already meet potential new HIPAA security requirements, but others may face significant challenges.

The January 2026 Cybersecurity Newsletter released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights focuses on ...

Melanie Fontes Rainer, HHS OCR director, speaking at a HIPAA summit this week (Image: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee) As the final months of the Biden administration wrap up, regulators at the agency charged ...

Major proposed changes to security guidance related to HIPAA compliance have been underway, with the expectation that ...

Mindcore Technologies announces HIPAA compliance for ShieldHQ, validating its ability to protect ePHI and support ...

The HHS wants to update the HIPAA security rule for the first time in more than a decade to bolster healthcare cybersecurity, regulators said late last month. The Office for Civil Rights, which ...

Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth will offer Linden, Utah-based HIPAA One security risk analysis software as an optional line-item on their monthly invoice in an effort to provide greater value and ...

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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 ...

New federal security standards that cover how personal health information is electronically maintained or transmitted could create a legal nightmare for the health care industry, will require a ...