Tag Archives: HIPAA Compliance Audits

Gearing up for the Next Round of HIPAA Audits? Start by Getting Your Documentation in Place

With the OCR not indulging in follow-up questions this time around, healthcare enterprises are deprived of the opportunity of clarifying matters with the auditors. Your policies and procedures therefore need to speak for themselves, and sufficiently demonstrate your compliance levels. Yes, documentation is more important than ever in the Phase 2 of the HIPAA compliance…

Unraveling the Details of Second Round of HIPAA Audits

Unlike the usual HIPAA audits conducted earlier, round two of the HIPAA audits is to be a limited number of focused “desk audits,” along with a comprehensive on-site audits, performed by none other than the staff of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. The OCR intends to conduct HIPAA compliance…