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 ...

More than 150 healthcare organizations received document requests last week as part of the second phase of HIPAA audits, according to the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. The office ...

A long-overdue report on findings from a HIPAA compliance audit program conducted in 2016 and 2017 illustrates shortcomings that, unfortunately, are still common today. Those include the failure to ...

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, ...

With the government gearing up for its HIPAA compliance audits, it’s a good time for covered entities and their business associates to do a HIPAA compliance checkup. The Health Information Technology ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is required by law to perform periodic audits of covered entities and business associates to ensure their compliance ...

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 unit of the Department of Health and Human Services that enforces HIPAA still has plenty of work to do before it can launch its long-promised next round of HIPAA compliance audits, as planned for ...

Yorba Linda, CA (July 13, 2021) – Maxxess Systems, a global leader in event response management and collaboration systems, is introducing a new application for the company’s renowned eFusion Security ...

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 ...