Some healthcare providers already meet potential new HIPAA security requirements, but others may face significant challenges.

Major proposed changes to security guidance related to HIPAA compliance have been underway, with the expectation that ...

The HHS wants to update the HIPAA security rule for the first time in more than a decade to bolster healthcare cybersecurity, regulators said late last month. The Office for Civil Rights, which ...

The protected health information of Sony Pictures Entertainment employees may have been compromised in the giant hack and subsequent release of company information, emails and documents, according to ...

Key Takeaways Healthcare breaches have cost an eye‑watering $7.42 million per incident in 2025, and it’s not surprising that ...

New bill, proposed by Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP), purports to apply the privacy and security practices under the HITECH Act, to ...

A recently passed law in the state of Washington puts new safeguards on consumer health data, giving residents some of the broadest protections in the country when it comes to how outside groups can ...

Healthcare technology vendors that create, receive, maintain, or transmit protected health information are obligated under HIPAA and other regulations to implement safeguards to ensure the privacy and ...

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Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, Nov. 6. That same day, a viral post on X warned that some of the personal data shared on apps that track menstrual cycles ...

As noted in last week’s post, privacy risk assessments are now required in several states. Of the 19 U.S. states with comprehensive consumer ...