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OCR posts HIPAA privacy compliance, enforcement data online

HIPAA Weekly Advisor, May 19, 2008

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The OCR has posted new information about its enforcement activities concerning the HIPAA privacy rule on its Web site.

 

The Web site features a new section, entitled “Data,” on its Compliance and Enforcement Web page. The section contains the following information:

  • Enforcement results by year
  • State-by-state breakdown of enforcement numbers
  • The number of complaints received each year
  • The top five issues investigated each year

 To view the new section of the OCR Web site, click here.



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