The compliance date for HIPAA Privacy has long come and gone but compliance continues to be a daily adventure for covered entities and business associates alike. Together, Meade & Roach, LLP attorneys have assisted over 300 covered entities come into and maintain compliance with HIPAA.
With the final Enforcement Rule being published by HHS in 2006, maintaining the health of a HIPAA privacy program is critical. In light of the final rule, covered entities should consider performing privacy and security audits.
We offer a variety of HIPAA Privacy services, including:
privacy audits
applying privacy rules to specific facts as they arise
assisting covered entities in integrating state law privacy directives with federal standards
reviewing privacy policies for continued relevance
undertaking internal investigations in response to OCR privacy investigations