The OCR recently announced the beginning of the next phase of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Audit Program and indicated that it will review the ...

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) published a new toolkit to help healthcare organizations prepare for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Phase 2 ...

According to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post, HHS’ Office for Civil Rights plans to audit 350 covered entities in phase 2 of the HIPAA audits and while the chances of an anesthesia group ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced that the agency expects to begin Phase 2 Audits in early 2016. OCR intends to conduct desk audits and ...

The Office for Civil Rights has begun its second wave of HIPAA audits and already the question is arising: Will the program actually succeed in its effort to improve privacy and security practices and ...

The American Health Information Management Association has released its new “External HIPAA Audit Readiness Toolkit,” which helps organizations prepare for HIPAA Phase 2 audits. Since last year, HHS’ ...

Since the inception of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in 1996, covered entities have had to navigate its murky waters. Last year, the Department of Health and Human Services ...

As the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights gears up to begin its next round of HIPAA compliance audits, security and privacy experts are giving OCR's plans mixed reviews.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (or HIPAA) sets the standards for protecting sensitive patient data. To protect yourself from liabilities, any outside vendor you work with must ...

Healthcare providers face an unprecedented regulatory burden in 2026, with major HIPAA updates, new CMS cybersecurity rules, and expanded enforcement under 42 CFR Part 2. Federal and state oversight ...