What Is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is an act created by the U.S. Congress in 1996 that amends both ...

The modifications affect HIPAA covered entities and business associates. Perhaps most significantly, the new rules impose direct liability on persons and entities that are business associates of ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects patient health information and provides individuals with rights to control the use and disclosure of their health information.

This Bulletin is brought to you by AHLA’s Health Information and Technology Practice Group. On June 18, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) ...

So, only those who are administering the health plan would be responsible under HIPAA to not disclose information they gained about the individual as a result of any demand for payment that was ...

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has infiltrated every industry, streamlining processes, optimizing insights and improving evidence-based decision-making. Pharmacies, in particular, have ...

The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) created many rules that protect the privacy of patients and ensure the security of healthcare data. But the law left a ...

In 2024, the healthcare sector experienced over 700 data breach incidents, which is higher than any other industry, including finance. These breaches exposed more than 275 million patient records, ...