A common area of noncompliance? Providers’ websites.
Only 2% of covered entities had an NPP that actually met all of the requirements of the law. The audit exposed just how many providers have problems with their Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP). Link to your Notice of Privacy Practices.
To make sure you’re protecting your clients’ data and running a HIPAA-complaint practice, you should link to your notice of privacy practices, make sure your clients know how to exercise their rights, and keep a log of all record requests you receive. In fact, most folks will probably be able to do these three things in about five minutes. While some of those areas can require meaningful time and attention to successfully address, there are three things the audit revealed that practitioners can quickly and easily do to better adhere to HIPAA compliance. Several specific areas of weakness in providers’ compliance efforts were identified-some of which might be true in your own practice as well. In December 2020, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) audit found that even before the pandemic, the overwhelming majority of healthcare providers governed by HIPAA fell short of true HIPAA compliance. Discover why SimplePractice works for your profession.Read what our customers are saying about us, in their words See how SimplePractice helps our customers do what they love best Scheduling, documentation, billing, and security all-in-one
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