Receiving HIPAA breach notification letters in the mail has become a disappointingly commonplace occurrence for many Americans over the past few years. In a single breach alone in February 2015, as ...

The HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules 1 apply to healthcare providers who engage in certain electronic transactions, healthcare clearinghouses ...

Members of the healthcare industry are generally aware of the HIPAA breach notification requirements. Those HIPAA requirements include (if the breach affects the PHI of more than 500 individuals) ...

SUMMARY: This notification is to inform the public that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is exercising its discretion in how it applies HHS regulations concerning the assessment of ...

Costs associated with the rule include: (i) Costs to HIPAA covered entities of revising and distributing new notices of privacy practices to inform individuals of their rights and how their ...

CATEGORY: Notification in the Case of Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information TYPE: Implementation Specification for Notification to Individuals CITATION: 45 CFR 164.404 (d) Implementation ...

Roughly 2.6 million people with dental insurance through DentaQuest now face potential identity theft and fraud after a ...

CATEGORY: Notification in the Case of Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information TYPE: Implementation Specification for Notification to Individuals CITATION: 45 CFR 164.404 (c) Implementation ...

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About one-third of companies considered business associates of healthcare providers under HIPAA were not even aware that they now are equally responsible as providers for protecting electronic patient ...