By Art Gross – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better know as HIPAA, was passed by Congress in 1996 and called for the protection and confidential handling of protected health information (PHI).

There are many associations that take on advocating and educating the healthcare and health IT communities on adoptions of health information technology and the move to value-based care. Here is the latest news from some of these organizations.

National HIPAA Expert, Ed Jones, Addresses PHI Compliance Requirements on July 3oth Webinar The investigation findings of no risk analysis or safeguard policies underpinning the data breach settlement of $ 4.8 million announced on May 7, 2014, by HHS, involving NY-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University highlights what national expert Edward D. Jones, III has found […]