How and where do I file a Health Insurance Portability &
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) violation?

Dear 122,

If the HIPAA violation you would like to report is a violation of
HIPAA Transaction and Code Set Standards, file your complaint with the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). You can do so by
either submitting your complaint in writing or by filing your
complaint on-line, as described on the CMS website:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/enforcement/hipaacomplaint.asp

For writing a letter of complaint, you can download this special HIPAA
complaint form from the CMS:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/enforcement/paper_complaint_form.pdf

Mail your complaint to:

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
HIPAA TCS Enforcement Activities
P.O. Box 8030
Baltimore, MD 21244-8030

To ensure privacy of the information, complaints via fax or email are not accepted.

If you prefer to submit your complaint on-line, please use the CMS
HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets Complaint System:
https://htct.hhs.gov/


If you believe that a person, agency or organization covered under the
HIPAA Privacy Rule violated your health information privacy rights or
committed another violation of the Privacy Rule, you may file a
complaint with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). To do so, please
follow the instructions provided by the Department of Health and Human
Services on this website:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacyhowtofile.htm



Sources:

United States Department of Health and Human Services: Office for
Civil Rights - HIPAA
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

American Medical Association: HIPAA Violations and Enforcement
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/11805.html

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: HIPAA Administrative
Simplification - Enforcement (HIPAA Transaction and Code Set Complaint
Information)
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/enforcement/hipaacomplaint.asp

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: The Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/

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Hope this helps!
Regards,
Scriptor

Thank you, this saved me a lot of time since I am not that good yet.