A long-overdue report on findings from a HIPAA compliance audit program conducted in 2016 and 2017 illustrates shortcomings that, unfortunately, are still common today. Those include the failure to ...

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) created the Compliance Program for Individual and Small Group Practices, ... (HIPAA). The compliance rules are already in effect, ...

HIPAA was enacted in 1996 to protect the privacy of patient health information. In practice, HIPAA’s stringent requirements ...

The HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Rule became effective just over one year ago. The compliance date was just over six months ago. Within about another six months (plus or minus), Federal regulators – at ...

Whether you need to refresh your understanding or build a forward-looking HIPAA program, ecfirst’s Two-Day Virtual HIPAA Compliance Program provides ideas and opportunities to mitigate risk to ...

Reinforcing HIPAA Compliance in light of FTC Enforcement With both HIPAA requirements and the FTC’s recent enforcement actions in mind, here are five steps that can help any entity in healthcare ...

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights is gearing up to resume its HIPAA compliance audit program this year, and auditors will examine business associates as well as ...

The new HIPAA rules have higher fines--mandatory minimum fine of $10,000 for willful neglect of compliance. According to the officials, enforcement is now a priority and the healthcare entities ...

Jay will equip the participants with a thorough understanding of all the requirements needed for a comprehensive HIPAA compliance program and explain what steps need to be taken to mitigate risk. At ...

But does the end of Windows XP support mean that HIPAA covered entities and their business associates using Windows XP are automatically out of compliance with HIPAA as of April 8 th? Not necessarily.

Konica Minolta creates HIPAA and compliance program . November 10, 2015 . Share › ...