The Office for Civil Rights announced at a recent Health
Care Compliance Association conference that it will continue through 2013 the
HIPAA/HITECH audit program that started this year. Significant funding has been
appropriated for this purpose. Apparently a serious lack of compliance was
found in the audits that were conducted and OCR is planning to continue to
audit the full spectrum of covered entities in the coming year using the Audit
Protocol jointly developed by OCR and KPMG.
The next round of Audits will be focused on Business Associates and Business Associate Agreements.
The next round of Audits will be focused on Business Associates and Business Associate Agreements.
