69-document package helps covered entities and business associates update privacy notices, procedures, forms, & ...

The United States' Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulates how organizations like hospitals and insurers must control and manage protected health information (PHI). HIPAA ...

Basic HIPAA training and adhering to their hospital’s own privacy compliance guidelines may not be enough to ensure nurses are consistently compliant, suggests a Dec. 27 HIPAA Journal report. Ongoing ...

The use of PHI in training may fall into the category of healthcare operations as long as such use complies with the Privacy Rule. Q: Are we allowed to use case ...

Traliant said this month it has created HIPAA training for healthcare organizations and their business associates via an online course. The training is available in two versions: HIPAA for Covered ...

Physicians can earn free CME credits by completing the Office for Civil Rights new HIPAA training module. This article was originally published on July 21 on Revenue Cycle Advisor. A new video ...

Better hospital handoffs decrease medical errors Physician organizations need to do a better job training staff in safeguarding protected health information and complying with HIPAA in other ways.

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 ...

The Office of Civil Rights is offering HIPAA enforcement training sessions for States Attorneys General, aiming to aid them in investigating and seeking damages for HIPAA violations within their ...