Members of the healthcare industry are generally aware of the HIPAA breach notification requirements. Those HIPAA requirements include (if the breach affects the PHI of more than 500 individuals ...

Western Michigan University (WMU) is a hybrid entity with designated health care components and a self-insured health insurance plan component. This Policy outlines those designations and establishes ...

HIPAA has three major components – the Privacy Rule, the Security Rule and the Breach Notification Rule. Each of these will be updated as part of these major ...

Its amendments to the HBNR significantly expanded protection for health data and reporting requirements for data breaches that largely mirror requirements under the HIPAA breach notification rule.

In a Thursday letter, the American Hospital Association urged the HHS’s Office for Civil Rights to reduce possible “duplicative” breach notifications ... entity under HIPAA’s privacy ...

The interview has been edited for length and clarity. How is the FTC's Health Breach Notification Rule different from HIPAA? It’s intended to really cover a gap and address entities that aren't ...

The breach, stemming from a ransomware attack, affected the electronic health records of 585,621 individuals and exposed vulnerabilities in the company’s compliance with the Health Insurance ...

In compliance with the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, 45 CFR §§ 164.400-414, UCSF is providing notice to local news media regarding an email breach that included the names and some other identifiers ...