HIPAA is a regulatory standard that specifies the lawful disclosure and use of protected health information (PHI). Learn how to comply with its security requirements.
“Compliancy Group makes a highly complex process easy to understand.” Learn MoreWhat Are HIPAA Compliance Requirements? HIPAA regulation outlines a set of national standards that all covered entities and business associates must address. Self-Audits –HIPAA requires covered entities and business associ...
HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is a law passed in 1996 that imposes stringent privacy and security mandates on health care providers—and most of their IT vendors.
Discover what HIPAA compliance is and learn who HIPAA rules apply to. Get facts about HIPAA and what information is protected with Compliancy Group.
—Dr. Danika Brinda, President/CEO ofPlanet HIPAA? First things first, we need to understand who HIPAA applies to. Put simply, healthcare providers and their partners are bound to HIPAA law, as well as related legislation such as the HITECH Act and the HIPAA Omnibus Rule. The law require...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 is the primary law that oversees the use of, access to and disclosure of PHI in the United States. HIPAA defines PHI as data that relates to the past, present or future physical or mental health of an individual; the...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, is a critical piece of legislation that was passed in the United States in 1996. It establishes the guidelines for how healthcare entities and businesses handle patients' personal health information (PHI) to guarantee its confidentiali...
Driven by new laws and regulations, such as GDPR, LGPD, CCPA, PIPEDA, HIPAA, and CPS 234 that require the protection of PII, PHI and other sensitive information. Once exposed, credit card numbers, health records, personal information, and trade secrets and result in fraud, identity theft, ...
In addition, information subject to other laws is exempt, such as HIPAA, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or Farm Credit Act. Schedule a demo of Osano today 2024 U.S. Privacy Laws Checklist...
Another common target is medical orprotected health information (PHI)as defined in theUS HIPAA standard, "information that is created by a health care provider [and] relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of any individual." ...