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HIPAA covered health plans beware: HHS Office for Civil Rights kicks off HIPAA Audit Program

• Alston & Bird LLP
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• USA
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• March 7 2012

Since November 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has been conducting audits of covered entities (the “HIPAA Audit Program”) for compliance with the privacy and security requirements under HIPAA and the HITECH Act (collectively, the “Privacy & Security Rules”