Mock HIPAA Audit
With HIPAA audits and OCR investigations on the rise, health care professionals who handle PHI can significantly benefit from conducting a mock HIPAA audit. By conducting a mock HIPAA audit, or sometimes referred to as a “self audit” we allow you to fully assess how you would fare through a HIPAA audit if an OCR auditor walked through your doors today.
Even though a mock HIPAA audit is a great first step, Compliancy Group believes that the best way to pass a HIPAA audit is to follow the full regulations put forth by the HHS–and that means finding a total solution that works for your business.
Mock HIPAA Audits
Creating a mock audit can be done by looking at the requirements for HIPAA compliance and having a member of your staff review how your business and you would fair in the result of an audit. A great start would be reviewing past HIPAA fines, and seeing how and why those organizations were investigated and fined.
Self Audits
A self audit can also be conducted. This can be done very similarly to a mock audit and can be done by anyone in your staff. We would recommend downloading our HIPAA checklist and using it to review all the steps of compliance and see how compliant or not your business is.
Third Party Audits
Having a third party review your HIPAA compliance is another option. There are two ways to do this; you can hire an expensive firm company that does a one-off review of your business, but it is likely need return every year to review what was put in place, address any changes, then re-implement any trainings or yearly requirements.
Using HIPAA Software
Using software to manage your HIPAA compliance is a way to combine all these efforts getting the best of each! Software for HIPAA allows you to lower the cost of compliance, while being confident in the steps you’ve taken. Using this approach allows anyone in your business to implement HIPAA, using the software to help conduct audits, all while being confident in the choices you are making.
“The Guard is easy to understand and comes with staff trainings to make the completion of HIPAA in the entire office simple.”
Danielle S, Hartland Eye Care
