How to File a HIPAA Administrative Simplification Complaint
CMS has released a new infographic with step-by-step instructions for how to file a complaint about potential noncompliance with HIPAA Administrative Simplification requirements.
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How HIPAA and the False Claims Act Can Hurt Whistleblowers
By Kayla Matthews – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, known more broadly as HIPAA, is a United States law applicable to data security and privacy of health care records and the patients associated with them.
HIPAA Audits 101: Your Compliance State Under Review
By Art Gross – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better know as HIPAA, was passed by Congress in 1996 and called for the…
Voice: The Next Frontier for Accessing Healthcare Services
Amazon announced that the Alexa Skills Kit now enables select Covered Entities and their Business Associates, subject to HIPAA, to build Alexa skills that transmit and receive PHI as part of an invite-only program.
How to File a HIPAA Privacy Complaint
By Keith Boone – I’ve been seeing a lot of tweets recently complaining about misuse of HIPAA (about a half-dozen). Mostly from people who know…
Changes Could Be Coming to HIPAA — and Providers Are Worried
By Kayla Matthews – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act went into effect in 1996, and it has changed dramatically in the intervening decades. Initially created to make health insurance coverage easier to maintain for employees as they moved between jobs…
Handling Requests to Access PHI under HIPAA
By Sheba Vine – HIPAA provides patients with fundamental rights to access, inspect and obtain a copy of their health information for as long as the information is maintained by the healthcare provider (covered entity) regardless of the date created, format of the PHI or where the PHI originated.
ONC and OCR Bolster the Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool with New Features and Improved Functionality
Patients expect not only quality health care to keep them healthy, but also trust that their most sensitive health information will be protected from threats and vulnerabilities that could lead to the compromise of one’s health information.
HIPAA & Health Information Portability: A Foundation for Interoperability
By Kathryn Marchesini JD & Timothy Noonan JD – Twenty-two years ago this month, the U.S. Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).