The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act ...

As we first reported in December 2011, it's a common scenario: A Florida nursing home resident dies, and his or her spouse, surrogate, proxy, or attorney requests the resident's medical records.

If you are a skilled nursing provider, the Office for Civil Rights may have you in its crosshairs. OCR is currently conducting HIPAA audits that target all types of healthcare organizations. In fact, ...

Basic HIPAA training and adhering to their hospital's own privacy compliance guidelines may not be enough to ensure nurses are consistently compliant, suggests a Dec. 27 HIPAA Journal report. Ongoing ...

Nursing home residents’ spouses and attorneys-in-fact do not necessarily meet the definition of “personal representatives” under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, so providers ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 360training has officially stepped into providing regulatory and compliance training for Healthcare after acquiring HIPAA Exams in April of 2022. It has ...

Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pa., has fired a nurse's aide for accessing patient records without proper authorization, according to a report from The Times-Tribune. The hospital informed 390 ...