Background The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996 to protect sensitive health ...

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) adopted a new proposal to strengthen the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ...

As we noted in our previous blog here, on January 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) ...

Editor’s note: Steven W. Teppler is a partner and chair of the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice group at Mandelbaum Barrett PC in Roseland, New Jersey. Carly ...

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 ...

March 14, 2025 - On Jan. 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed new regulations to enhance cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI ...

In 2024, the healthcare sector experienced over 700 data breach incidents, which is higher than any other industry, including finance. These breaches exposed more than 275 million patient records, ...

Understanding best practices for mobile device security in today’s healthcare environment can be challenge for many organizations. As mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones become more ...