by admin | Oct 5, 2015 | HIPAA, OCR
In a letter to the Inspector General who just criticized the agency for its lack of action, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) pledged to commence Phase 2 of its HIPAA audit program in early 2016. The audits to check compliance with the security, privacy and breach...
by admin | Sep 7, 2015 | HIPAA, OCR
The Office for Civil Rights, the agency mandated to oversee compliance with the breach, privacy and security rules of the Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act (HIPAA), has selected a third-party vendor to conduct its next round of audits. FCI Federal of...
by admin | Feb 13, 2015 | HHS, OCR
Covered entities bound by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its breach notification rule must submit reports of breaches affecting fewer than 500 individuals by March 1, or 60 days after the calendar year in which the breaches...
by admin | Feb 9, 2015 | HHS, HIPAA, OCR
The theft of the personally identifiable data of 80 million policyholders of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield from the company’s database pinpoints a flaw in federal privacy standards, which do not require data encryption but merely encourage it. Under the...
by admin | Nov 12, 2014 | HHS, OCR
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have issued a bulletin in “light of the Ebola outbreak and other events” to clarify “the ways in which patient information may be shared under the HIPAA Privacy...
by admin | Sep 12, 2014 | HHS, HIPAA, OCR
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) was set to begin HIPAA audits of covered entities and business associates next month, but the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is still constructing a Web portal to help in the process, thus delaying the start, according...
