The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has reached a resolution agreement ...

The law "offers robust safeguards for electronic ... However, this means that you can't take legal action or bring lawsuits against a HIPAA violation, says Greene. According to Greene, it is ...

20 (Me. 2011) (holding that because HIPAA does not provide a private cause of action, it cannot create a standard for violation of state common law); Young v. Carran, 289 S.W.3d 586, 588 (Ky.

HOUSTON - A Houston doctor is facing up to 10 years in prison. Dr. Ethan Haim is accused of illegally accessing young patient ...

Walgreens was negligent in training and supervising Peterson, the suit said, while Peterson breached her statutory and common law duties of confidentiality and privacy to Hinchy. The six-member ...

Initially, the findings we have presented appear to be contradictory. On the one hand, most physicians believe that the Privacy Rule as a whole and a few of its key ...

The Rule applies to all HIPAA-covered entities (including healthcare providers ... Persons who submit a false attestation or ...

Federal regulators have fined a Catholic healthcare system $35,581 for HIPAA violations requiring a corrective action plan ...