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In this phase of audits, the OCR will review policies and procedures that are required by HIPAA to be adopted and followed with respect to HIPAA's Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules.
On March 21, the Department of Health and Human Services'
Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"), the body responsible for
enforcing HIPAA, announced that it would begin planning its second phase of audits of covered entities and
their business associates. In this phase of audits, the OCR will
review policies and procedures that are required by HIPAA to be
adopted and followed with respect to HIPAA's Privacy, Security,
and Breach Notification Rules.
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