Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance Through HIPAA Security Conference
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) are excited to announce the return of the Safeguarding Health Information Conference: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security Conference for October 2024. After a 5-year absence, the conference is returning […]
Read MoreHIPAA Resources and Security Risk Assessment Webinar on Wednesday, Thursday
Even though some providers have been living with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements since 1996, there are still questions about whether an entity is covered and what all the requirements are. The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) administers HIPAA and has a webpage that contains resources specifically for health care professionals […]
Read MoreOffice for Civil Rights Issues Resource Document on HIPAA and IT Asset Inventories
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published, as part of its Summer 2020 Cybersecurity Newsletter, a resource document to assist covered entities in conduction of an effective risk analysis to ensure compliance with the Security Rule. The OCR is tasked with enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and […]
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