Becker's Healthcare February 14, 2024
The HHS is looking to bring back a HIPAA compliance audit program in a bid to enhance cybersecurity within the healthcare sector, Gov Info Security reported Feb. 13.
On Feb. 12, the HHS announced in the Federal Register that its Office for Civil Rights is set to initiate a study soon to evaluate the effectiveness of its HIPAA compliance audit program. The program was last utilized in 2017.
“The survey will gather information relating to the effect of the audits on the audited entities and the entities’ opinions about the audit process,” HHS’ OCR said.
As part of this evaluation, OCR will administer a 39-question online survey to 207 covered entities and business associates who participated in the 2016...
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