tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 39

Physician Notes: HIPAA audits reveal that smallest entities had most trouble staying compliant

If you’re wondering how covered entities fared during the first round of audits by the HHS Office for Civil Rights, you might be surprised at the answer. And you should pay close attention to these findings, because they will impact the compliance areas that OCR will focus on in the Phase 2 audits. According to McDermott Will & Emery in an article published in The National Law Review, the Phase 1 OCR audits of 115 CEs produced the following aggregate results: Only 11 percent of audited CEs had no findings or observations; Despite representing just 53 percent of...

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