tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 26

Patient Privacy: HIPAA Audits Begin in Two Months--Are You Ready?

Oct. 1, 2013 is the planned start date for the OCR to start auditing medical practices for HIPAA compliance. You may have heard inklings of other Part B practices undergoing HIPAA audits, but because the scope of the audits was so small, you didn’t prepare for one yourself. That’s all about to change, as the Office of Civil Rights’ (OCR’s) pilot HIPAA audit comes to a close, and the permanent audits begin in October. You can prepare now for the audits that could be coming your way using a few simple tips that Jim Sheldon-Dean, director...

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