The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) plays a role both in hindering and enabling patients’ ability to access and share their health data.

Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 597 U.S. ___, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022) (No. 1901392) (June 24, 2022), and the subsequent threats and potential impact of state-level prosecution and law ...

Maryhaven, a provider of residential and outpatient medical services, has announced a data security incident that resulted in the unauthorized acquisition of protected health information (PHI) and ...

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health issued a warning March 30 that an email breach has exposed the personal health information of 1,300 patients.

Specifically, the proposed rulemaking would “prohibit a regulated entity from using or disclosing PHI [personal health information] where the PHI would be used for a criminal, civil, or ...

The breach involved Medicare beneficiaries' personally identifiable information (PII) and/or protected health information (PHI). No HHS or CMS systems were impacted, the agencies said. Maximus is ...

In today's increasingly complex healthcare ecosystem, the secure and efficient transfer of personal health information is critical to providing both positive patient outcomes and economics. Many ...

The breach, which occurred in May and was announced by CMS on July 28, involved the personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) of Medicare beneficiaries and ...

In a statement, parent company Elevance Health said the company "takes the security of its data and the personal information of consumers seriously and is committed to safeguarding PHI (protected ...

During the study period, 374 attacks were identified as exposing the personal health information (PHI) of 41,987,751 individuals—more than 10% of the U.S. population.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Methodist Family Health said they have been alerting some Arkansans about a ransomware attack, affecting health information. The protected health information ransomware was ...