Providers

The Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has officially begun its Phase 2 Audit Program under HIPAA. Phase 2 audits could involve desk audits or on-site assessments and will be completed by the end of 2016. Covered entities should take steps now to prepare for these audits and to mitigate potential risks.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released draft reporting forms that employers will use to report the health coverage they offer their employees.

The final regulations of the 90-day waiting-period limitation of the Affordable Care Act clarify how the waiting period will coincide with any employment-based orientation period.

Four people suffer a coronary event every two minutes (one every 25 seconds), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released a study measuring the aggregate cost savings of OTC medicines.