HIPAA facts & stats

Question 1

Between 2003 and 2013, how many HIPAA complaints did federal regulators receive?

Accepted Answer

about 91,000 complaints. That's the total received by the HHS Office for Civil Rights over its first decade enforcing HIPAA.

Question 2

Of the roughly 91,000 HIPAA complaints filed by 2013, about how many led to some kind of enforcement action?

Accepted Answer

about 22,000. Enforcement ranged from settlements to fines, though most complaints didn't result in formal action.

Question 3

In 2017, Memorial Healthcare System paid one of the largest HIPAA fines ever. How much was it?

Accepted Answer

$5.5 million. That remains one of the largest HIPAA settlement amounts ever paid.

Question 4

In 2010, Cignet Health of Maryland paid a major HIPAA fine. How much was it?

Accepted Answer

$4.3 million. The fine stemmed from Cignet's failure to give patients access to their own medical records.

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