The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services is moving closer to commencing the next round of HIPAA compliance audits issuing a notice in the Federal Register stating its intention to begin a series 1,200 pre-audit surveys. The OCR is...
A new data security report issud by healthcare IT security firm Redspin suggests the number of data breaches made known to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has increased by 138% over the course of the past year. The final figures could yet be even...
All covered entities must submit annual reports of HIPAA breaches to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services and the deadline for filing 2013 breaches is coming quickly. While there is a requirement under the Breach Notification Rule for healthcare...