HIPAA Enforcement: Waiting for Ramp Up

Gov Info Security: Some privacy and security experts are concerned that the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights isn't taking bold enough action in its promised efforts to step up HIPAA enforcement. They cite ongoing delays in the startup of OCR's next phase of federal HIPAA compliance audits, as well as the relatively small number of OCR HIPAA enforcement settlements in 2014 involving financial penalties.

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