One thing is certain: You don't want to wait until you receive a notification letter from OCR before you begin preparing for a HIPAA audit, says Dena Boggan, CPC, CMC, CCP, HIPAA privacy/security officer at St. Dominic Jackson (Miss.) Memorial Hospital.
Case managers have already become familiar with the Medicare Recovery Audit Program. In January, however, government Recovery Auditors began focusing on new territory: Medicaid claims.
