Starting in 2026, HIPAA will require multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all systems accessing electronic protected health information, ending the ‘addressable’ loophole. This shift means healthcare ...

An unmitigated revamp of healthcare cybersecurity is coming in 2025, and experts warn that the compliance burden for organizations will be steep. Since 2005, healthcare organizations have been subject ...

Healthcare leaders are warning that AI governance frameworks will soon be as essential as HIPAA compliance, as regulators ...

Earlier this year, federal agencies teamed up to issue two rules that will require healthcare providers to update certain policies related to the use and disclosure ...

Proposed changes to the HIPAA Security Rule mark the biggest update to healthcare data security in a decade, but while the ...

The long-overdue final HIPAA omnibus rule was posted on the Federal Register public inspection desk Jan 17. The package of regulations will be officially posted on the Federal Register on Jan. 25. See ...

The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) of the US Department of Health and Human Services recently released a final rule (“Final Rule”) to update the HIPAA ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A major change in how medical providers handle patient information officially took hold in the United States on this day in history. On April 15, 2003, key privacy provisions ...

Doctors in a meeting (Getty Images) The Department of Health and Human Services is responding to a growing threat of cyberattacks against the healthcare industry. Healthcare was the most breached ...

Can you go to prison for violating HIPAA even if you're not aware you're breaking the law? A U.S. appellate court says yes. See Also: AI Impersonation Is the New Arms Race-Is Your Workforce Ready? The ...

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