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Language Barriers: Protecting Your Organization From A Hidden HIPAA Threat

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

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Texas Lawsuit Seeks Invalidation of HIPAA Reproductive Healthcare Privacy Rule

Compliancy Group

On April 22, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Final Rule, entitled “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy.” The HIPAA Reproductive Healthcare Privacy Rule became official (went on the books) on June 25, 2024.

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Clarifying the HIPAA Retention Requirements

HIPAA Journal

The reason the HIPAA retention requirements needs clarifying is that the distinction between HIPAA medical records retention and HIPAA record retention can be confusing. Throughout the Administrative Simplification Regulations of HIPAA, there are several references to HIPAA data retention.

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Does HIPAA Apply to Employers?

HIPAA Journal

The question “Does HIPAA Apply to Employers” is one that has provoked many different responses due to the complicated nature of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The HIPAA Privacy Rule is one of the most complicated pieces of legislation affecting the healthcare and health insurance industries.

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What Does HIPAA Stand For?

HIPAA Journal

Many articles discussing what does HIPAA stand for fail to give a complete answer. Most state that HIPAA is an acronym of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and that it led to the development of standards for the privacy of Protected Health Information.

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Penalties For Violating HIPAA

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. If your organization handles protected health information (PHI) or electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI), you should be well aware of the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act known commonly as HIPAA. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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What is HIPAA Chile?

Compliancy Group

Law 20,584, the equivalent to HIPAA, was passed in 2012. HIPAA Chile” changes are on the horizon. The new constitution and the new bill would both modify HIPAA Chile as we know it. HIPAA Chile: Privacy Like It’s 1999. Let’s Simplify Compliance Do you need help with HIPAA? × HIPAA Compliance Simplified.

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