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The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Office for Civil Rights, disclosed Monday the formation of new divisions aimed at reducing the caseload of healthcare investigations. The office is reorganizing to more quickly investigate complaints.
“OCR’s caseload has multiplied in recent years, increasing to over 51,000 complaints in 2022 — an increase of 69% between 2017 and 2022 — with 27% alleged violations of civil rights, 7% alleged violations of conscience/religious freedom and 66% alleged violations of health information privacy and security laws,” OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer said in statement Monday. “Today’s reorganization improves OCR’s ability to effectively respond to complaints, puts OCR in line with its peers’ structure and moves OCR into the future.”
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