OCR: Round Two of HIPAA Audits Coming Soon

The Health & Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is recommending that long-term care providers begin preparing as soon as possible for the second round of HIPAA compliance audits this year, but the agency stopped short of saying when exactly the audits would begin.

Approximately 110 providers will be singled out for the audits.

The OCR recommends performing security and risk analyses, updating privacy and security incident response plans and automating privacy and security investigation, tracking and management protocols to prepare for the audits.

Providers are encouraged to watch for the protocols for phase two of HIPAA audits to appear on the OCR website. Audits will likely begin around 90 days after the protocols are posted.

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