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Breach notification: Experts say to err on the side of caution
As reported in yesterday's FierceHealthcare, HHS is back at the drawing board working on new set of privacy rules , after quietly withdrawing its final HIPAA breach-notification rule earlier this
HHS proposes stronger privacy protections under HIPAA
Proposed changes to the HIPAA privacy regulations would expand patients' rights to access their information and restrict certain types of disclosures of protected health information to health plans,
HIT administrators in for rough ride under tough new HIPAA rules
The coming months will be a difficult time for HIT administrators. Even those with good security policies in place will doubtless be forced to perform a hard-nosed reassessment of their technical and
Office of Civil Rights to enforce HIPAA regulations
In a move made to put a stop to duplication of rules enforcement, the Office of Civil Rights will take over regulation enforcement of the security rule for the Health Insurance Portability and
