Encryption — Addressable Doesn’t Mean Optional Addressable doesn't mean optional: Having an implementation plan can be helpful in case of an audit. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

The University at Buffalo Information Technology (UBIT) operates as a covered entity as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights. HIPAA Regulation Text 45 CFR ...

DALLAS, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Zix Corporation (ZixCorp½), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in email encryption services, today announced that Sten-Tel, a ...

HIPAA compliance experts call the recommendation to mandate encryption on exchanges of electronic protected health information (ePHI) "overdue," "inevitable," and a necessary step toward ensuring a ...

An HHS administrative law judge upheld an HHS Office for Civil Rights finding requiring the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to pay $4,348,000 in civil penalties for HIPAA ...

A new rule establishing requirements for proving a provider is a "meaningful user" for Stage 3 of the incentive program requires protecting patient data through the implementation of appropriate ...

The omnibus final rule that covers changes to privacy, security, breach notification and enforcement rules under HIPAA will not include a requirement for encrypting protected health information, an ...

The new law, signed by N.J. governor Chris Christie last week, was triggered by a number of health data breaches in the state, including the 2013 Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey breach ...

There's been a lot of hoopla surrounding the two proposed rules released last week defining and setting the standards for Stage 2 of meaningful use, and rightly so. This next stage of the Centers for ...