The landscape of healthcare compliance shifted dramatically in early 2026 when the HHS finalized sweeping updates to the HIPAA Security Rule, eliminating most exemptions for small dental practices and ...

Key Takeaways: HIPAA updates expected in 2026 will strengthen requirements to protect electronic protected health information (ePHI) and remove ambiguity regarding security safeguards. Enforcement ...

HHS’ Office of Civil Rights was scheduled to launch HIPAA compliance audits in the fourth quarter of 2014, but plans to do so were put on hold in September so OCR could implement a new web portal to ...

To aid health entities in managing the HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 mandates, CMS has made available what it's calling "timeline widgets." The resources come one week after CMS selected 3M's ICD-10 tools for ...

On October 23-24, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory ...

CMS has created an interactive timeline widget than can help healthcare providers plan for HIPAA Version 5010 and ICD-10, according to the CMS website. The new widget aims to help providers understand ...

Healthcare entities face significant operational shifts as they prepare for the final 2026 HIPAA rules. Smaller providers lose prior flexibility tied to organization size, and all covered entities ...