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Aggressive HIPAA Audits To Hit This Fall
On top of everything else, more aggressive HIPAA audits may be in your future. If you receive a notification and data request from the HHS Office for Civil Rights this fall, your agency is one of the selected entities that will face a more vigorous HIPAA audit.
OCR plans to audit 350 covered entities (CEs) and 50 business associates (BAs) during the first round of audits. For those who receive the notification and data request in Fall 2014, “the lucky recipients will be the first participants in the OCR’s effort to adopt a more aggressive approach to investigating compliance with HIPAA standards for privacy, security and breach notification,” writes Tampa, FL-based Akerman associate attorney A. Crosby Crane in a post for the firm’s Health Law Rx Blog.
Why? The more aggressive approach stems from the December 2013 HHS Office of Inspector General report that slammed the OCR for falling behind on HIPAA enforcement, Crane says. OCR has been making headway in implementing a permanent audit program, instead of relying on complaints as a way to assess compliance.
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