We have previously blogged about the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services HIPAA Audit Program, including the Audit Program pilot (November 30, 2011 and March 7, 2012), the release of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) audit protocols (June 26, 2012), and the status of phase 2 of the Audit Program (February 26, 2014 and September 16, 2014). Today, Alston & Bird issued a Health Care ADVISORY on the status of Phase 2 of the HIPAA Audit Program, in which we discuss recent guidance from OCR on the HIPAA Audit Program and its status and provide some basic compliance reminders that may be usefully in being prepared for a HIPAA audit. The Health Care ADVISORY can be found on our website at: http://www.alston.com/advisories/HIPAA-audit-phase/ and as a pdf at: HIPAA Audit Program Phase 2 Update.