Numbers at a Glance February 2018
This is a series of tables and charts summarizing OCR's HIPAA compliance workloads as of February 2018. The target audience is health care professionals.
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Issued by: Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Issue Date: July 10, 1905
Numbers at a Glance
(As of February 28, 2018)
Topics on this page:
| Status of All Privacy Rule Complaints - February 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Complaints Remaining Open | 5,414 | 3% |
| Complaints Resolved | 170,120 | 97% |
| Total Complaints Received | 175,534 | |
* Referrals to DOJ - 672
| Total Investigated Resolutions - February 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Corrective Action Obtained (Change Achieved) | 25,742 | 69% |
| No Violation | 11,412 | 31% |
| Total Complaints Investigated | 37,154 |
This bar graph shows a comparison of the complaints that OCR has investigated and resolved by calendar year according to the type of closure, and includes a bar reflecting the total closures. The first bar in the group of three per year represents the complaints closed in which there was no violation, the second in which there was corrective action, and the third reflects the total closures.
|
YEAR |
INVESTIGATED: NO VIOLATION |
INVESTIGATED: CORRECTIVE ACTION |
TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Partial Year 2003 |
79 |
260 |
339 |
|
2004 |
360 |
1033 |
1393 |
|
2005 |
642 |
1162 |
1804 |
|
2006 |
897 |
1574 |
2471 |
|
2007 |
727 |
1494 |
2221 |
|
2008 |
1180 |
2221 |
3401 |
|
2009 |
1211 |
2146 |
3357 |
|
2010 |
1529 |
2709 |
4238 |
|
2011 |
1302 |
2595 |
3897 |
|
2012 |
980 |
3361 |
4341 |
|
2013 |
994 |
3470 |
4464 |
|
2014 |
668 |
1288 |
1956 |
|
2015 |
359 |
730 |
1089 |
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