tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 37

HIPAA: OIG Wants CMS To Better Enforce Medical Security

The agency falls short in its oversight and enforcement, OIG reports. Authorities may not have been slamming providers for HIPAA violations lately, but that does not mean you can get lax about compliance with the privacy law --" more compliance reviews are likely on the way. The HHS Office of Inspector General criticizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' effectiveness of "oversight and enforcement of covered entities' implementation of the HIPAA Security Rule," according to a recent report. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act defines mandatory national standards to protect the confidentiality and integrity of electronic...

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