HIPAA news and information

Healthcare organizations seeking to maximize the number of patient records they can expose through a given security breach should consider contracting for professional help. I'm only being partially facetious.
FULL STORY »

It's been said, “There's no melon like a snitched melon.”Is there something about sneaking into someone else's patch and purloining a plump one that makes it taste sweeter?
FULL STORY »

A showdown is shaping up between federal healthcare privacy regulators and the nation's largest pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers over a healthcare privacy rule affecting upwards of 100 million prescription-refill reminders sent to patients each year.
FULL STORY »

In response to your recent article “CVS cancels pharma-funded Rx reminders citing new HIPAA rule,” it is entirely inappropriate to use a person's personal healthcare information without specific consent to do...
FULL STORY »

The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center has notified 537 patients of a security breach involving their medical records after an unencrypted flash drive went missing.
FULL STORY »

The CVS drugstore chain is getting out of the business of using its data from patient prescription drug records to mail prescription refill notices to customers on behalf of pharmaceutical manufacturers, citing as a reason for the policy change a more stringent provision of the omnibus privacy rule...
FULL STORY »

Earlier this year, HHS issued their final rule to modify HIPAA—the 1996 legislation that's the beating heart of healthcare security, privacy and data portability. The lack of data portability continues to plague the industry—but the security and privacy are getting more serious with...
FULL STORY »

Last June, MGMA-ACMPE released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most pressing practice management challenges. In this edition of "Practice Makes Perfect," we'll tackle No. 5 on that list: Participating in CMS' EHR meaningful-use incentive program.
FULL STORY »

It is a tragic, terrifying, heart- and gut-wrenching experience for a parent to watch helplessly as the child they've raised from infancy spirals out of control as a young adult, caught in the whirlpool of drug or alcohol addiction or mental illness.
FULL STORY »

Simply knowing all the rules could prevent many of the problems plaguing data security and privacy among healthcare providers and insurers.
FULL STORY »