The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights launched Phase II of its audit program on March 21. Since that time, a significant amount of new information has emerged, including ...
The HIPAA program periodically audits processes, controls and policies of selected covered entities for compliance with HIPAA’s privacy and security rules and breach notification standards, as ...
On November 8th, the Office of Civil Rights made public, on a dedicated webpage, details of its HIPAA Audit Program. Section 13411 of the HITECH Act mandated that HHS implement periodic audits to ...
One of the less well-known provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (or "HITECH") Act[1] is the requirement that the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), approximately 70% of organizations are not HIPAA compliant. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known ...
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 ...
Investigations by the Office for Civil Rights related to compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act will no longer be initiated by only complaints and self-reported ...
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 70% of organizations are not "HIPAA compliant." The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, ...
New technology known as Blockchain has significant promise for improving HIPAA compliance. It is a system of recording information, which reportedly makes it difficult or impossible to change, hack, ...