Articles Tagged With: audit
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OCR Audit Findings Show Where to Focus HIPAA Compliance
Covered entities should take note of some key findings from audits conducted by the OCR in 2016 and 2017. OCR assessed covered entities’ and business associates’ compliance with selected provisions of HIPAA rules.
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OCR Audit Findings Show Where to Focus HIPAA Compliance
Implementing a good security program with risk analysis, security practices, and risk mitigation can be a safe harbor from penalties.
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A Guide to Improving Surgery Center Billing Practices
Surgery centers could improve their financial bottom line by focusing on following best practices in revenue cycle management.
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Tips for Conducting a Good Mock Survey
To make a mock survey successful, plan ahead and execute carefully. Leaders can use this brief list to set goals.
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Caution: Patients’ Printed Records May Not Match the Electronic Health Record
Most plaintiffs’ attorneys now request audit trails immediately with the first contact for e-discovery, and risk managers often groan when they think of the work involved. However, there is a reason to seek the audit trail for your own benefit: It might show more exculpatory evidence than a paper printout of the same file.
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In ambulatory surgery programs, money saved equals money earned
Some ambulatory surgery managers have a hard time seeing that money saved is money earned. Many hospitals, surgery centers, and surgeons’ offices focus so much effort on increasing revenue and not enough on controlling their expenses. Can and should you do both?
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No date yet for OCR’s HIPAA audits
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) still has not set a date for when the next round of HIPAA audits, originally planned for fall 2014, will take place.
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Anthem refuses audit by Office of Inspector General before and after massive HIPAA breach
After all the negative press that Anthem suffered when reporting a HIPAA breach that affected 80 million customers, one might think they would avoid more bad publicity. But the health insurer is under fire for refusing to let the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the agency overseeing the federal employee health benefits program, audit its IT security.
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Anthem refuses audit by Office of Inspector General before and after massive HIPAA breach
After all the negative press that Anthem suffered when reporting a HIPAA breach that affected 80 million customers, one might think they would avoid more bad publicity. But the health insurer is under fire for refusing to let the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the agency overseeing the federal employee health benefits program, audit its IT security.