decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2014 Issue 10 (October)
Percentage of OCR corrective actions down in 2013 after years of growth
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Article Overview
This piece reviews Office for Civil Rights data on HIPAA complaint handling and enforcement outcomes in 2013, with comparisons to earlier years. It is useful for compliance, privacy, and coding professionals who track OCR enforcement activity, complaint resolution trends, and the broader impact of HIPAA oversight. The article focuses on high-level enforcement statistics, resolution categories, and a historical trend summary.
Why This Topic Matters
Understanding OCR enforcement trends helps organizations gauge privacy and compliance risk, monitor how complaints are processed, and contextualize HIPAA oversight activity over time.
Article Sections
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Benchmark of the week
A brief highlight introducing the article’s complaint-resolution statistics and overall trend context.
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Resolution of HIPAA complaints by OCR, 2009 to 2013
A historical summary of OCR complaint-resolution activity across multiple years, presented as comparative data.
What You Will Learn
- How OCR handled HIPAA complaints in 2013
- What share of complaints were resolved without investigation
- How corrective-action outcomes changed compared with prior years
- What the article shows about OCR’s complaint-resolution trend over time
Who Should Read This
- HIPAA compliance staff
- Privacy officers
- Healthcare administrators
- Medical coding and billing professionals
- Health information management professionals
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