Webinars for Covered Entities and Business Associates Selected for HIPAA Desk Audits

OCR will host webinars for the covered entities and business associates that have been selected for an audit of HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rule compliance.  All selected entities will receive letters from OCR through email providing notification of selection, requesting that the entity submit documents in connection with the audit, and providing a link to register for the webinar. 

 

The audit webinars will provide an overview of the types of desk audits that are being conducted, the process, and the documents to be submitted by selected covered entities and business associates.  OCR staff will discuss the rationale for requested documents, provide guidance and clarification on applicable documents and processes for submission, and be available for questions from participants.

 

Entities that have received a notice of their selection and a request to submit documents should pre-register using the link provided by OCR in the notification email.  The first webinar is for covered entities only; business associates will be selected later and will be able to participate in a later webinar.  The webinars will be recorded and available for review by selected entities at a later date.

 

Only entities that have received a notice of audit selection should attend.  Participation is capped, so we encourage you to gather necessary workforce members at one location.  If multiple persons register from the same entity and the cap is reached, we may need to remove participants.  However, the recorded meeting will be accessible.

 

 

 

Last updated 7.11.2016