Mar 30, 2018 | Audit, HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Fine, HSN
This article was written by Matt Fisher and originally appeared on the Mirick O’Connell Health Law Blog. It is published here with permission. At some point in time most group practices, hospitals or other provider organizations will receive a letter from the...
Mar 23, 2017 | Audit, HIPAA Audits, HSN
Deven McGraw, deputy director of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has announced that the department’s plans for initiating onsite audits is currently on hold and will remain so until more than 200 desk audits have been completed. ...
Nov 29, 2016 | HIPAA Audits, HSN, Phishing, Security Training
In a cruel twist of fate, health care entities are being phished using an OCR (HHS Office of Civil Rights) email as the bait. Here is the context: HHS/OCR is the governmental entity in charge of enforcing the HIPAA statutes. Back in May, we reported that OCR...
Jul 12, 2016 | Audit, HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Fine, HSN
Back in March, we reported that OCR had announced its Phase 2 Audit Program. When we last heard from OCR about Phase 2 HIPAA Audits, we saw that emails were being sent to Covered Entities and Business Associates. The purpose of the emails was to verify and...
Jul 11, 2016 | Audit, HIPAA Audits, HSN, ransomware, Security Training
HIPAA Secure Now! President and CEO writes an article for Physicians Practice called: Don’t Let HIPAA Audits, Ransomware Sink Your Practice At the same time medical practices are faced with the increased likelihood of a HIPAA audit, hackers hover around waiting...
May 23, 2016 | Audit, HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Fine, HSN, MACRA
Back in March, we reported that OCR had announced its Phase 2 Audit Program. OCR stated that they would compile a database of both Covered Entities and Business Associates to form the basis of the pool of organizations potentially targeted for audit. They have...
