Since the introduction of the Information Blocking regulations under the 21st Century Cures Act in 2021, there has been a lot of confusion about what exactly information blocking means, how to avoid it, and how to comply with this complex regulation. ...
Policies are the backbone of your HIPAA compliance program, but that doesn’t mean that you’re done once you have policies in place! Unfortunately, they aren’t a “set-it-and-forget-it” thing. Your HIPAA policies require regular policy management,...
That’s right, they’re back! The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) audits you hoped were a thing of the past—having been discontinued since 2017—are returning. All covered entities will be subject to these HIPAA audits, and they are due to start any day now. ...
HIPAA changes are coming in 2023—is your organization prepared? You may have heard rumors circulating over the last year that changes are coming to HIPAA. It’s true: the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has stated that modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule are due to...
HIPAA compliance may seem simple from the outside: understand the rules, and follow them. But anyone working in compliance knows that it’s much more than that—and while you tailor policies, training, and contracts to the needs of your organization, your high-level...