CMS to check hospitals for HIPAA security compliance

Written by Reed Tinsley | January 27, 2008

 

The time has come when CMS is going to start holding covered entities accountable for HIPAA security compliance.  IAs you will see in this article, it is starting with hospitals - but as we all know, this is just the starting point.  Eventually, physician offices will become a part of this.

http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350176-1.html

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