The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act ...

As we first reported in December 2011, it's a common scenario: A Florida nursing home resident dies, and his or her spouse, surrogate, proxy, or attorney requests the resident's medical records.

If you are a skilled nursing provider, the Office for Civil Rights may have you in its crosshairs. OCR is currently conducting HIPAA audits that target all types of healthcare organizations. In fact, ...

Basic HIPAA training and adhering to their hospital's own privacy compliance guidelines may not be enough to ensure nurses are consistently compliant, suggests a Dec. 27 HIPAA Journal report. Ongoing ...

A group of five Delaware nursing homes has paid $182,000 over its efforts to publicize patients’ success stories, federal officials announced Tuesday. The Department of Health and Human Services ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 360training has officially stepped into providing regulatory and compliance training for Healthcare after acquiring HIPAA Exams in April of 2022. It has ...

Washington — For the American people and members of the press hoping to glean a comprehensive rundown of President Trump's condition following his diagnosis with COVID-19, a five-letter acronym has ...

Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pa., has fired a nurse's aide for accessing patient records without proper authorization, according to a report from The Times-Tribune. The hospital informed 390 ...

Late last month Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, raised eyebrows around the country when she claimed that a reporter's question about her COVID-19 vaccination status was a ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has never been the most glamorous law; however, it has undoubtedly enjoyed more of a spotlight in recent years with the COVID-19 ...