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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."

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

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

In our recent HIPAA webinar, HIPAA Compliance Essentials, I talked about navigating the muddy waters of HIPAA Security and Privacy rules.

Q1: What do you know about this new HIPAA Audit program?

CMS will be conducting Stage 2 HIPAA Privacy and Security Audits throughout the year, based on their new, recently published protocol.

You already know the importance of Risk Analysis for your organization: It’s a HIPAA and Meaningful Use necessity, and a smart way to protect valuable PHI from getting into the wrong hands.

Compliance can be complicated: Keeping up with regulations, protecting your organization from loss of profit or even legal actions.