New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed a bill that aimed to give people in the state more control over their health data. The New York Health ...

Learn how pre-existing condition exclusion periods affect health insurance coverage, what limits exist, and how the ACA impacts these exclusions for medical conditions.

Discover how the HIPAA Waiver of Authorization permits legal sharing of health data for research while upholding privacy protections. Learn the criteria required for approval.

The federal HIPAA law protects patient privacy, but some say it can shut out family members trying to help relatives who are experiencing mental health crises. A visit to a doctor's office often means ...

I lead PR and communications at Municorn, where brand trust meets data protection. If customers doubt their health information is safe, there’s no brand to build. I’ve seen how breaches erode trust ...

Doctors in a meeting (Getty Images) The Department of Health and Human Services is responding to a growing threat of cyberattacks against the healthcare industry. Healthcare was the most breached ...

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Curt Varone gives fire departments and EMS providers what they need to know in the wake of the Department of Health and Human Services' revisions on HIPAA compliance. Medical records are a prime ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a rule days before the new year began that would hold healthcare organizations to a higher standard for protecting sensitive healthcare ...

Linda Barbour thought she was more interested in the Change Healthcare cyberattack than most. Having worked as a medical director for several large health insurance companies and having suffered ...

Callum Murray is a writer based in the North of England. His love of movies and television formed as a young child, and it continues to flourish. Damien Leone's highly anticipated horror sequel, ...

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Blink Twice,” in theaters now. In Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, paradise is not quite what it seems. At the beginning of “Blink Twice,” roommates ...