Some of the most common types of protected health information for patients include names, social security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. Now that you know what ...
HIPAA violations don't always come from malicious attacks or headline-making data breaches. More often, they stem from everyday mistakes, like misdirected emails and vendors that aren't as secure as ...
At 26 years old, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the most mature and comprehensive health data protection law in the US. (It passed in 1996.) One of the earliest ...
The settlement stems from an investigation of a 2023 BlackCat ransomware attack involving the theft of the ePHI of almost 250 ...
The HIPAA Security Rule and HIPAA Privacy Rule are intentionally flexible to allow covered entities to tailor their security programs to their specific needs ...
On September 11, 2023, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with LA Care Health Plan (LA Care) regarding LA Care’s potential HIPAA Security Rule violations. HHS and LA Care have ...