"Required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, the two new reports discuss various details about HIPAA compliance for calendar years 2011 and 2012. They include the following: [Annual Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information], discussing the breach notification requirements and reports OCR received as a result of these breach notification requirements; and [Annual Report to Congress on HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rule Compliance], summarizing complaints received by OCR of alleged violations of the provisions of Subtitle D of the HITECH Act, as well as of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules at 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164."  MORE >>