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PPV: OIG audits focus on security; watch your EHRs

EHR Connection, May 7, 2007

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) says it is in the process of conducting HIPAA audits of covered entities. A hospital in Atlanta confirms that the OIG audited the facility and that it looked at technical aspects of the security rule.

This isn't surprising, says Reece Hirsch, Esq., partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, in San Francisco. "From a political standpoint, there's been a perception that [HHS] has been less rigorous than it might have been in enforcing all aspects of HIPAA," he adds.

You can expect renewed enforcement--so dust off your risk analysis. Click here to read possible OIG approaches. Subscribers to Electronic Health Records Briefing can sign on for free access.

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