HHS publishes omnibus HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule *

USA - January 25 2013
HHS today published the long-awaited HIPAA/HITECH omnibus final rule. A pre-publication version of the Rule was released on January 17. The Rule is…

Alaska Medicaid pays $1.7 million settlement in HIPAA case *

USA - June 29 2012
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced Tuesday that it had reached a settlement with Alaska's state Medicaid agency, the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) for $1,700,000 arising out of potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule.

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