Are you Ready for an Onsite Audit from the OCR?

by Sarah Harvey / June 13, 2023

Phase 2 of HIPAA Audit Program Expected in 2015 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has always enforced HIPAA compliance. Recently, they have announced plans to proceed with Phase 2 of the HIPAA audit program, a more proactive approach to overseeing HIPAA compliance. Supervision is coming. The OCR is determined to begin performing periodic audits to ensure that Covered Entities and Business Associates…

Vendor Compliance Management Series: Performing an Effective Risk Assessment

by Sarah Harvey / November 17, 2023

Vendors and Risk Assessments Are you looking to find out more about how to ensure that your organization is meeting vendor compliance management requirements? This webinar provides an overview of ways that you can ensure that your organization is performing an effective risk assessment. In this webinar, Joseph Kirkpatrick introduces and gives an overview of external guidance’s that may serve to be potentially useful for your organization to establish or…

Chief Compliance Officer Series: Compliance Analytics

by Sarah Harvey / December 16, 2022

In the last webinar in this series, Jessie Skibbe and Chris Straiter described what you can expect while working as a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). We learned that the CCO is a critical role for any organization and is an essential component of the overall compliance management system. Now, we’ll go a bit further to learn how the CCO uses compliance analytics to ensure compliance.  What are Compliance Analytics?…

Chief Compliance Officer Series: It’s Your First Day on the Job, What’s Next?

by Sarah Harvey / November 20, 2023

Have you recently accepted a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) position? Are you curious about what responsibilities your new position entails? Are you wondering what the CCO of your organization does on a day-to-day basis? In this webinar, speakers Chris Straiter, CCO with Sentry Credit, and Jessie Skibbe, CCO with KirkpatrickPrice, provide an overview of what you can expect as a CCO. What are the Responsibilities of a Chief Compliance Officer?…

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Information Security Management Series: Risk Assessment

by Sarah Harvey / November 20, 2023

Are you wondering why a risk assessment is so important? Do you need more information about how to conduct a risk assessment? If it is your first time conducting a risk assessment, or if you are looking for a way to simplify your risk assessment process, follow these nine steps: Asset Characterization: Identify your organization’s assets such as hardware, software, human resources, data, and processes. Threat Identification: Detect either man-made or…