The long-overdue final HIPAA omnibus rule was posted on the Federal Register public inspection desk Jan 17. The package of regulations will be officially posted on the Federal Register on Jan. 25. See ...

Doctors in a meeting (Getty Images) The Department of Health and Human Services is responding to a growing threat of cyberattacks against the healthcare industry. Healthcare was the most breached ...

While many of the proposed modifications to the HIPAA Security Rule are reasonable expectations, others will be extremely onerous to implement - especially within a short time frame - if federal ...

Proposed legislation that's been kicking around Congress for the last few years that aims to help bolster cybersecurity of the healthcare sector cleared a critical ...

The proposed update to strengthen the cybersecurity of electronic protected health information fails to account for "information technology complexities of modern health care delivery organizations" ...

The OIG recently completed its review of CMS’s oversight with regard to HIPAA Security, and the result is alarming. OIG had some harsh words for CMS’s efforts, saying it has taken “limited actions,” ...

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