As the article states, those who have complaints on file could be the first to incur an audit...the advent of the HIPAA police...have the documents ready and if you are paperless, this will be a much easier task all the way around...but make sure the security is there and locked down, and having paper records may not be a buy out either as we read stories about folks dumping paper records all the time as well...if employees are using portable USB devices and have patient related material on portable computers, this is one of the first items it appears that will be addressed...and the results will be posted on the web for all to see...BD
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin on-site reviews of
hospitals’ compliance with security rules mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
CMS officials said at a workshop on HIPAA security yesterday that they expect to review 10 to 20 hospitals in the next nine months.
Until now, the agency has focused on outreach and education to promote compliance with the rules, said Tony Trenkle, director of CMS’ Office of E-health Standards and Services. After the reviews, CMS will publish the results and the lessons learned about data security issues in organizations that have individuals’ health information.Remote access to data and use of portable storage devices are among the issues that CMS will review
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