Enforcement data historical numbers
This is a series of tables and charts summarizing OCR's HIPAA enforcement results by year in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The target audience is health care professionals.
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Issued by: Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Issue Date: July 11, 1905
Enforcement Results by Year
The data table below shows the enforcement results by calendar year according to the type of closure for each category. This is the number of investigations that OCR had resolved. There were:
Outcome of Complaint Investigations
| Resolved After Intake and Review |
Technical Assistance |
Investigated: No Violation |
Post-Investigational Technical Assistance |
Investigated: Corrective Action Obtained |
Total Resolutions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12713 | 3817 | 360 | 188 | 542 | 17620 |
| 2016 | 16788 | 6201 | 204 | 231 | 476 | 23900 |
| 2017 | 15270 | 7307 | 253 | 219 | 668 | 23717 |
| 2018 | 16989 | 6912 | 267 | 289 | 632 | 25089 |
| 2019 | 19584 | 8770 | 444 | 252 | 803 | 29853 |
Outcome of Breach Compliance Review Investigations
| Resolved After Intake and Review |
Investigated: No Violation |
Post-Investigational Technical Assistance |
Investigated: Corrective Action Obtained |
Other | Total Resolutions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 119 | 5 | 140 |
| 2016 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 257 | 3 | 319 |
| 2017 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 307 | 6 | 371 |
| 2018 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 359 | 6 | 431 |
| 2019 | 5 | 22 | 36 | 235 | 0 | 298 |
Outcome of Other Compliance Review Investigations
| Resolved After: Intake and Review |
Investigated: No Violation |
Post-Investigational Technical Assistance |
Investigated: Corrective Action Obtained |
Other | Total Resolutions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 36 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 40 |
Total Cases Investigated
| Investigated: No Violation |
Post-Investigational: Technical Assistance |
Investigated: Corrective Action Obtained |
Total Investigated | Of Those, Settlements or CMPs | % of Total Investigated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 375 | 191 | 684 | 1250 | 6 | 0.48% |
| 2016 | 232 | 257 | 743 | 1232 | 13 | 1.06% |
| 2017 | 282 | 252 | 980 | 1514 | 10 | 0.66% |
| 2018 | 284 | 331 | 995 | 1610 | 10 | 0.62% |
| 2019 | 487 | 290 | 1055 | 1832 | 10 | 0.55% |
Total Cases
| Complaints | Compliance Reviews | Technical Assistance | Total Cases | Of Those, Settlements or CMPs | % of Total Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17620 | 176 | 4008 | 21804 | 6 | 0.0275% |
| 2016 | 23900 | 334 | 6458 | 30692 | 13 | 0.0424% |
| 2017 | 23717 | 396 | 7559 | 31672 | 10 | 0.0316% |
| 2018 | 25089 | 438 | 7243 | 32770 | 10 | 0.0305% |
| 2019 | 29853 | 338 | 9060 | 39251 | 10 | 0.0255% |
Enforcement Results, Pie Chart by Year:
- Investigations Resolved: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
- Investigations Resolved: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
- Investigations Resolved: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
- Investigations Resolved: January 1, 2016 - December 31. 2016
- Investigations Resolved: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
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