Month: February 2021

OCR Settles Fifteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative

OCR Settles Fifteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative

February 10, 2021

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces its fifteenth settlement of an enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative.  OCR announced this initiative to support individuals’ right to timely access their health records at a reasonable cost under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.