tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2021 Issue Q1

Reader Questions: Understand These Small Breach Reporting Basics

Question: Over the last year, we’ve had a few miniscule privacy breaches. Does our practice need to report every small HIPAA breach throughout the year or can we wait until the end of the year? Also, will it trigger an audit if we submit the different breach issues all at once? North Carolina Subscriber Answer: Some providers worry whether reporting small breaches to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a single batch at the end of the year (along with all the other small breaches from providers) is “less noticeable” than sending the breach...

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