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Medical necessity matters. The concept of medical necessity (or lack thereof) is what drives much of the multi-million dollar whistleblower suits and healthcare provider settlements we see in the healthcare industry today. Corporate integrity agreements often spell out requirements placed on...

Welcome back to Part 2 of our HIPAA OCR Audit Series (you can find Part 1 here) where I answer the next twelve questions taken from our most recent HIPAA webinar, "OCR (HIPAA Stage 2) Audits: What to Expect and How to Prepare."

The HIPAA OCR audits are underway. If your organization is targeted for an audit, you’ll only be given 10 days to upload the requested documents and reply to inquiries (there are over 1300 elements).

Back in 2012, the Office of Civil Rights implemented a HIPAA Audit pilot program mandated by HITECH, the legislation that also created the Meaningful Use Program.

Last year two doctors in Long Island, Dr. Vikas Desai, and Dr. Robert Maccone, entered into separate civil settlement agreements where they agreed to pay the United States a total of $1,120,299 dollars to resolve allegations

Maintaining a compliant healthcare organization isn’t easy. It requires absolute due diligence to keep up with regulations and protect your organization from loss of profit and legal actions.

60% of practices and businesses that declare a major breach file for bankruptcy within 6 months. -Larry Ponemon Institute, FBI Cybersecurity Bureau, 2016.

Well, hello! Welcome back to our HIPAA Q&A series, where you can get answers to all of your HIPAA questions.