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HIPAA Highlights:

Get Your Privacy, Security Practices Up to Par Before HIPAA Auditors Show Up

Published on Tue Sep 18, 2012

With audits well under way, make sure your practice is following protocols before it's too late.If you think you don't have to pay attention to the latest Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protocols, you could be setting your practice up for disaster. As noted in "Get to Know 5 Common Audits Your Practice May Face" on page 76, all covered entities and their business associates are eligible for a HIPAA audit. If your HIPAA protocols fall short of new information management applications and systems or state laws (such as the Massachusetts privacy regulations), you could come up short under audit, warns Kenneth Rashbaum, Esq., of Rashbaum Associates in New York. Here's what you need to know to make sure your practice is compliant. HIPAA Audits Continue This YearThe Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is piloting a program to perform [...]
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