In examining how the Office of Civil Rights administered its periodic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audit program from January 2016 through December 2020, the U.S. Department of ...

Linda Sanches, OCR senior adviser, discusses compliance audits at HIPAA conference. Will the Department of Health and Human Services under the Trump administration create a permanent HIPAA compliance ...

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights’ audit program was too narrow in scope to effectively assess data protections and reduce cyber risks in the healthcare sector, according to the report. The report, ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) must take significant steps to enhance its HIPAA audit program to ensure stronger protection of electronic ...

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights has yet to firm up a timeline or a strategy for HIPAA compliance audits, which were mandated by the HITECH Act. That's the word ...

Flat Iron Technologies, a compliance, security and governance solutions firm, has launched an online HIPAA Policies and Compliance Toolkit for audits. The guidebook provides information about the ...

According to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post, HHS’ Office for Civil Rights plans to audit 350 covered entities in phase 2 of the HIPAA audits and while the chances of an anesthesia group ...

Most healthcare organizations are not fully prepared for a privacy and security audit by federal HIPAA regulators, according to a Nov. 2011 survey conducted by HCPro. The government has already begun ...

The Office of Civil Rights within HHS plans to move forward with its proactive HIPAA audits of business associates and covered entities, according to a report from The National Law Review.

An audit of Atlantas Piedmont Hospital that was quietly initiated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in March is raising concerns in the health care industry about the prospect of ...