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Random HIPAA Compliance Audits Begin
The random HIPAA compliance audits mandated under the HITECH Act will begin this month. Yesterday, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced that every covered entity and business associate is eligible for an audit. To guide future audit efforts, a wide range of types and sizes of covered entities will be selected. Based on [...]
Posted in County board, Developmental Disability Also tagged Enforcement, HIPAA, HITECH, KPMG, OCR Leave a comment
Achieving Meaningful Use Stage 1 for Privacy and Security
Meaningful Use season is in full swing and hospitals and physician practices are applying for the HITECH Act-authorized Medicare EHR incentive payments. The measure for the Privacy and Security objective, for both hospitals and physicians, states “conduct or review a security risk analysis per 45 CFR 164.308 (a)(1) and implement security updates as necessary and [...]
HIPAA Enforcement Update
With reports about multi-million dollar HIPAA fines in the news for the first time, and discussion of stiff new HIPAA penalties from the HITECH Act, administrators and physicians are asking about the new enforcement activities. Recently, a small organization was hit with a $4.3 million fine. What is the likelihood of a huge fine for [...]
Posted in County board, Developmental Disability, HIPAA, HIPAA Enforcement Also tagged CMP, DOJ, HIPAA, HIPAA Criminal Conviction Leave a comment
