Category Archives: HIPAA Audits

HIPAA Audits Are Coming: KPMG Contracted To Perform 150 Audits Through 2012

You can’t run and you can’t hide — HIPAA audits are coming. HHS, through the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently named KPMG as the recipient of a $9.2 million contract to develop a HIPAA auditing protocol and conduct audits on 150 covered entities and business associates before December 31, 2012. An additional $180,000 contract (...) [Read More]

Why You Need to Worry AGAIN about HIPAA: Seven Practical Tips

In this age of information overload, it is no wonder that privacy incidents are on the minds of regulators, the media and patients. Electronic information in all forms comes at us faster and faster, leaving the recipient without much time to discern among appropriate privacy levels. The increased use of social media and the reality (...) [Read More]