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Incident Response 101: Where Notification Requirements May Differ from HIPAA

by | Aug 2, 2016 | Best Practices, Compliance, Compliance Audit, Cyber Security, HIPAA, HIPAA HITECH, Incident Response, IT Security Breach, Security Breach, Security Breaches

In our recent series of articles answering the key questions about what notifications steps HIPAA regulated organizations must take after a security breach, we have looked at: Who is Required to Report a Breach? When Do You Need to Report a Breach?  What Must Be...

Long Awaited HIPAA Round Two Audits Have Begun

by | Mar 31, 2016 | Compliance Audit, Current IT Security Events, HIPAA, HIPAA Audit, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA HITECH, HSS Audit, IT News You Can Use, OCR Audit, Risk Assessment

Announced in the spring of 2014, scheduled to begin in late 2014, OCR announced this week that a second round of HIPAA Audits (following the original 2012 audits) has finally begun. I have written over the last two years that audits were imminent. I admit it felt like...