HIPAA violations are a serious matter, leaving your dental practice feeling vulnerable. A breach of HIPAA laws can result in thousands of dollars in fines and is potentially punishable with jail time.

Part 1 of this series discussed five important requirements of HIPAA compliance. Part 2 discusses some simple steps your practice can take to address these issues. As it is likely that U.S. Department ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No, HIPAA protects only health care information that is held by specific kinds of health care providers. For example, health care ...

A Connecticut physicians group has been hit with a $125,000 fine for alleged HIPAA violations after one of its doctors spoke to a TV reporter in a dispute with a patient over bringing a service animal ...

Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finally published the long-awaited final rule amending the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) and the Health ...

Margaret Riley is a law professor at the University of Virginia who specializes in health law. She spends a lot of time teaching future lawyers and medical professionals how medical privacy laws work.