Health IT Security February 22, 2023
The reports provide key insights into OCR’s efforts to investigate healthcare data breaches and HIPAA compliance cases throughout the 2021 calendar year.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) delivered two reports to Congress that shed light on healthcare data breaches and HIPAA compliance efforts logged during the 2021 calendar year.
The reports contain detailed accounts of how OCR investigated compliances, collected breach reports, and conducted compliance reviews surrounding potential HIPAA violations in 2021.
“The [healthcare] industry is one of the most diverse industries in our economy, and OCR is responsible for enforcing the HIPAA Rules to support greater privacy and security of individuals’ protected health information,” OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer said in an accompanying press release.
“We...
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