Hospitals can make better use of their electronic health record (EHR) system’s audit functions not only to guard patient privacy but also to help prevent healthcare fraud, according to a new HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report.
Although the one-year anniversary that will mark the release of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule has come and gone, many business associates (BA) are either confused about their obligations under HIPAA or may not realize they even have any obligations.
The reason R. Brett Short, chief compliance officer at UK HealthCare at the University of Kentucky, talks about his organization’s OCR audit is to share the lessons he learned.
UK HealthCare’s Albert B. Chandler Hospital was one of 20 covered entities to undergo an initial test audit by the OCR in 2012.
