Should HHS Offer Incentives for Cybersecurity Frameworks?

From: GovInfoSecurity

AMA Proposes Exemption from HIPAA Risk Analysis for Doctors Who Use a Framework

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Should federal regulators provide physicians with a free pass from having to conduct a HIPAA risk analysis or face a random HIPAA compliance audit if they implement a cybersecurity framework?

That’s what the American Medical Association has proposed that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights and Office of Inspector General consider in an effort to incentivize physicians and clinicians to take more robust cybersecurity steps.

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