OCR’s HIPAA audit program lacked mettle, OIG says

OCR’s HIPAA audit program lacked mettle, OIG says

The Office of Civil Rights could have initiated follow-up after discovering security flaws, but “rarely initiated these reviews when it identified serious compliance issues,” according to the HHS inspector general’s audit program review. HIPAA, Cybersecurity and Privacy, Security, Legislation, Regulation, Data and Information, Public Policy News from healthcareitnews.com

​The Office of Civil Rights could have initiated follow-up after discovering security flaws, but “rarely initiated these reviews when it identified serious compliance issues,” according to the HHS inspector general’s audit program review. 

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