Are New HIPAA Audits Going to Burden Providers? - McDermott Will & Emery

Are New HIPAA Audits Going to Burden Providers?

Overview


Daniel Gottlieb was quoted as saying that the HHS Office for Civil Rights reserves the right to conduct additional compliance reviews if an initial data security audit turns up a serious HIPAA compliance issue, adding that because the OCR didn’t define what a serious HIPAA issue is, that uncertainty is bound to burden providers. Read the full article.