Healthcare IT News December 3, 2021
The HHS Office of Civil Rights says it has carried out 25 enforcement actions since it began to prioritize addressing patients’ timely access to health records a few years ago.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights announced this week that it had brought HIPAA-related enforcement actions against five healthcare providers.
The actions brought the total number of enforcements carried out under the agency’s HIPAA Right of Access Initiative to 25.
“Timely access to your health records is a powerful tool in staying healthy, patient privacy and it is your right under law,” said OCR Director Lisa J. Pino in a statement.
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