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 ...

Federal regulators are advising regulated healthcare firms and their third-party vendors to harden systems, software and ...

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

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

Melanie Fontes Rainer, HHS OCR director, speaking at a HIPAA summit this week (Image: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee) As the final months of the Biden administration wrap up, regulators at the agency charged ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that strengthens the Security Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning a massive overhaul of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) security rule to strengthen baseline ...

On January 6, 2025 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a Proposed Rule (90 FR 898) to strengthen the HIPAA Security Rule and afford greater cybersecurity protections for ...

Almost five months after the data security rules mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act went into effect, many health care companies still aren’t fully compliant with them ...

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The data security rules mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act take effect next week. But a majority of health care companies are unlikely to be fully compliant with the ...