The law prohibits health care providers and businesses and people working with them – including administrative staff, laboratories, pharmacies, health insurers and so on – from disclosing your health ...

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As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to relax safety measures for people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and the country begins to reopen, many employers, ...

It's been more than two decades since President Bill Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act into law in 1996. Since then, the rule has arguably become far more ...

Four years ago, ransomware was just a blip on the healthcare industry’s radar. Today, it’s one of the biggest threats to the market – with 88 percent of all ransomware attacks targeting hospitals.

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2018 saw the federal Office for Civil Rights issue a record-breaking $28 million in fines for HIPAA violations and, judging by how many hospitals, insurance providers, government health departments, ...

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