The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights published a Request for Information on Dec. 12, asking for input from the public on how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules, especially the HIPAA Privacy Rule, could be modified to further the HHS secretary’s goal of promoting coordinated, value-based …
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Nurse Shredding Papers for Hipaa Compliance – Free Stock Photo
Per Hipaa regulations, the nurse depicted in this illustration is shredding papers to ensure that PHI (protected health information) is not compromised. The nurse is seated in a typical medical office setting and is shredding papers from folders that are marked ‘Confidential’ which implies that they contain protected health information.