tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 45
Privacy: HIPAA Audits Are Heating Up--Is Your Practice Prepared?
Contact experienced outside counsel immediately, our experts advise.Establishing HIPAA protocols isn't a one-time job. Make sure your privacy and security practices are up-to-date to account for new information management applications and systems or state laws (i.e., the Massachusetts privacy regulations), or you could come up short under audit, warns Kenneth Rashbaum, Esq. of Rashbaum Associates in New York. HIPAA Audits Announced"The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, in Section 13411 of the HITECH Act, requires HHS to provide for periodic audits to ensure covered entities and business associates are complying with the HIPAA Privacy and Security...
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