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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.

Nothing makes employees cringe like employee training. Add the word “compliance” and you’ll have your staff running for the hills. Training brings to mind hours of monotone lectures, a total snoozefest where employees will have to fight to stay awake. Boring or not, training is a necessity...

Welcome back to our HIPAA Q&A series, where you can get answers to your most pertinent HIPAA questions.