HIPAA violations don’t always come from malicious attacks or headline-making data breaches. More often, they stem from everyday mistakes, like misdirected emails and vendors that aren’t as secure as ...

Hospitals are the most common violators of HIPAA privacy regulations, followed by private practices, outpatient facilities, pharmacies and health plans, according to a March 3 report from the American ...

All readers of The Health Record understand the importance of complying with HIPAA’s Privacy, Security and Breach notification rules. But where do violations most ...

When HIPAA was enacted, its main focus was to ensure individuals could maintain health insurance. A wide range of patient information is covered under HIPAA privacy statutes, which regulate how ...

The federal agency responsible for enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) – the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Baycare Health System in Clearwater, Florida, will pay $800,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights to settle allegations of potential HIPAA violations. OCR ...

It is important for everyone to make sure that their confidential information is protected. This includes the medical field. Even though people think mostly about doctors and nurses regarding the ...

Since the HIPAA compliance date for privacy was implemented in April 2003, nearly 100,000 complaints falling under this umbrella have been submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has agreed to pay $800,000 to HHS’ Office for Civil Rights and implement a corrective action plan as part of a settlement concerning alleged HIPAA ...