OCR’s HIPAA audit program lacked mettle, OIG says

In examining how the Office of Civil Rights administered its periodic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audit program from January 2016 through December 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General found that OCR was largely ineffective in preventing health information breaches, a new report suggests. 

After evaluating OCR’s program for performing periodic HIPAA audits, OIG…