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Part 2 of 2: Seven years after OCR’s first HIPAA Right of Access enforcement action, case #55 shows why timely access to medical records remains a compliance issue for healthcare providers. A patient waited nearly two years for her medical records. Now Azul Vision will pay $50,000 and spend two years under a corrective action […]

Part 1 of 2: We revisit where OCR’s HIPAA Right of Access enforcement began and what enforcement action #1 still teaches healthcare providers today. Seven years ago this month, an $85,000 settlement launched OCR’s HIPAA Right of Access enforcement initiative. 55 enforcement actions later, the compliance lesson remains remarkably familiar. In 2019, then OCR Director […]