August 4, 2016

HHS-OCR has updated its website with guidance on two important and current issues: ongoing HIPAA audits and deidentification.  After officially launching phase two of its audit program earlier this month, sending notification letters to 167 covered entities, HHS-OCR has posted updated guidance on its website regarding the audits.  Unrelated to the audits, OCR also posted guidance on the treatment of unique device identifiers (UDIs) under HIPAA’s standards for de-identification and limited data sets.

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