HIPAA complaints and breaches increased from 2017 to 2021, but the agency in charge of auditing compliance said it doesn’t have the resources to handle the uptick. The HHS Office for Civil Rights, or ...
A report released on Friday found that HIPAA complaints and breaches spiked between 2017 and 2021, with the agency in charge of handling the notices saying it lacks sufficient resources to properly ...
The number of major health data breaches reported to HHS OCR in 2021 hit an annual record. In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the federal tally shows that a record number of major health ...
On Friday, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) delivered two reports to Congress regarding Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance and breaches of unsecured health ...
HIPAA-covered entities reported 609 breaches of unsecured protected health information in calendar year 2021, 7% fewer than in 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil ...
A: HIPAA is the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which was enacted in 1996. The primary purpose of HIPAA is to protect patient privacy. Hence, sensitive patient health ...
Q: I just want my own records from a hospital, but have to submit a specific form to comply with HIPAA. The form seems burdensome. What is HIPAA and what is the reason for it? A.L., Long Beach A: ...
A: HIPAA is the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which was enacted in 1996. The primary purpose of HIPAA is to protect patient privacy. Hence, sensitive patient health ...