In the past several weeks, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") has announced settlements with three health care organizations — Comstar, LLC ...

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 ...

This summary highlights recent 2025 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcement actions by the ...

HHS’ Office of Civil Rights was scheduled to launch HIPAA compliance audits in the fourth quarter of 2014, but plans to do so were put on hold in September so OCR could implement a new web portal to ...

This morning ACT -- The App Association and a number of its mobile health company members sent a letter to Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) to encourage Congress to push HHS to make HIPAA regulations clearer ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a settlement with Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (GMHA), a public hospital on the U.S. Territory, ...

According to our survey findings, just 69% of organizations require vendors to provide employee HIPAA training and show compliance verification. Adoption of other safeguards is even lower: Data ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced Friday a settlement with BayCare Health System, a prominent Florida-based healthcare provider. The ...

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 ...