OCR Director Roger Severino says there is “no slowdown in our enforcement efforts” OCR director Roger Sevrino says the agency will continue with the “same enforcement mindset” for HIPAA enforcement. OCR had nearly $25 million in financial collections from HIPAA-related settlements, Severino said. As of Jan. 31, about 177 million records have been breached since 2009, according to major breach reports. Thefts make up 38 percent of reported cases of breaches affecting 500 or more individuals, paper is involved in 21 percent of those breaches.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/no-slowdown-for-hipaa-enforcement-but-audits-ending-a-10701