Since 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been prioritizing enforcement actions against covered entities that do not allow patients timely access to their health records at a reasonable cost as required by HIPAA. This month, OCR settled an eighth investigation for $160,000 and corrective action against a hospital who failed to provide a mother full access to her son’s medical records for more than 22 months.
Source: OCR Settles Eighth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative