HIPAA Audits to Increase in 2015

The Federal Office of Civil Rights which is the agency charge with HIPAA compliance and enforcement has announced that it will be stepping up its HIPAA audits during 2015.  They recently reported that based on pilot audits this year that a high percentage of Covered Entities did not have a current risk assessment in place at the time of the audit. You may want to review your current HIPAA plans and click on the Security Rule link.

HIPAA Security Rule