A: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (abbreviated HIPPA) is a federal law that seeks to protect the privacy and security of a patient’s health information, and also assists ...

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee held a hearing on Wednesday to address consumer health data ...

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Deer Oaks settles with OCR for HIPAA violations after patient data breaches, agreeing to a corrective action plan and a ...

Q: I just want to get my medical records, but was told I “must use a HIPPA compliant form.” Just what is HIPPA? That’s my first question. A: The Health Insurance Portability and ...

Q: I just want to get my medical records, but was told I “must use a HIPPA compliant form.” Just what is HIPPA? That’s my first question. S.B., Culver City. Ron Sokol. A: The Health Insurance ...