The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently announced guidelines for the application of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) to audio-only ...

With Fitbit’s recent announcement of its plans to purchase Twine Health, a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based health management platform, applications of wearable technology in health care are poised to ...

A working group made up of members from three organizations plans this month to release guidelines for complying with the data security requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. There is a flexibility built into HIPAA regulations. Those stipulations only provide a ...

NPR's Kelsey Snell speaks with Deven McGraw, cofounder of consumer health data firm Ciitizen, to clear up misconceptions about HIPAA rules and protections. Another misconception that crops up a lot in ...