Self-insured group health plans are HIPAA “covered entities” and—unlike most fully insured arrangements—typically must maintain and distribute ...

This guide includes everything employers need to know about HIPAA requirements, as well as a HIPAA compliance checklist.

Editor’s Note: As workplaces reopen, many employers are grappling with whether to require employees to be vaccinated or to impose mask mandates. Some have faced resistance in the form of false claims ...

Health care providers, health plans and their business associates are prohibited from using or disclosing PHI when the PHI is requested to conduct a criminal, civil, or administrative investigation ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) rules create a framework to protect the privacy and security of patient and health plan member health information. Purdue ...

Update June 24, 2022: On June 24, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a decades-old decision that federally protected abortion access across the U.S. This story has been updated to reflect their ...

A model sanctions policy that covered entities (CEs) or business associates (BAs) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) can use to discipline employees and ...

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 ...

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