Federal regulators have delayed a major overhaul of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated its timeframes for upcoming rulemakings on the reginfo.gov website. These dates are ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a settlement with Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (GMHA), a public hospital on the U.S. Territory, ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has filed proposed modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 security rule to strengthen the cybersecurity of ...

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 ...

The rule comes in response to health data security concerns arising out of the 2022 overturn of abortion protections established by Roe v. Wade. The Department of Health and Human Services released a ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a rule days before the new year began that would hold healthcare organizations to a higher standard for protecting sensitive healthcare ...

The Biden administration finalized a rule Monday that bars providers, health plans and other entities covered by HIPAA from disclosing protected health information that could be used to investigate ...