If a person's parents agree to share their medical records, they will need to complete some paperwork to authorize this. Read more.

Just what is HIPPA? That’s my first question. A: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (abbreviated HIPPA) is a federal law that seeks to protect the privacy and security of a ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, widely known as HIPAA, is a federal law that restricts the release of medical information without a person’s consent. However ...

New Jersey-based Cooper Health System is facing a proposed federal class action alleging it failed to protect the personal ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has reached a settlement with Comstar, LLC, ...