Tag Archives: Omnibus

You have seen all the hysterical headlines — “The HIPAA audits are coming, the HIPAA audits are coming….” But when you really think about it, what is the big deal?  If you are a HIPAA covered entity, you surely know by now what you are supposed to be doing.  And you probably have been doing it– so just check around to make sure before you get the dreaded letter from HHS OCR. … More

It’s been a while, but we have another HIPAA deadline just around the corner: September 23, 2014.

September 23, 2014 is the date by which all HIPAA business associate agreements need to be in compliance with the current HIPAA regulations (often called the Omnibus Rule). The current rules went into effect on March 26, 2013, but certain then-existing HIPAA BAAs were grandfathered and did not have to be updated immediately.… More