If HHS finalizes its proposed modifications as written, covered entities and business associates will need to make significant revisions to their HIPAA privacy compliance policies and other ...

A U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas has vacated most of the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy ...

HIPAA also contains an exception that allows covered entities to disclose protected health information if it “is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of ...

HIPAA is extremely “narrow,” said I. Glenn Cohen, an expert on bioethics and health law with the Harvard School of Law.

When a study released this fall found that more than 50% of staff fail Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) assessments, two-thirds witness internal breaches, and more than ...

New legal developments herald big changes for HIPAA compliance in 2025 By Erin Whaley, Brent Hoard and Emma Trivax April 7, 20256:27 AM PDTUpdated April 17, 2025 ...