Monthly Complaints Averaging Around 2,200
OCR received
a total of 184,614 complaints as of June 30, indicating that it
received 2,156 HIPAA complaints in June compared to 2,266 in May and
2,338 in April, according to an analysis of OCR statistics by HIP/SA.
This suggested that the average number of HIPAA complaints continues to hover around 2,200 per month.
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HITECH Breach Stats Vary Due to Ongoing Reporting
About
623,688 patients were affected by 28 breaches reported in August,
according to the latest analysis of the agency’s HITECH database by HIP/SA.
Healthcare providers accounted for 21 of the breaches followed by Business Associates with five and health plans with two.
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