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HIPAA Radar tracks publicly disclosed enforcement actions, settlements, corrective action plans, and penalty decisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Its purpose is to provide a clear, practical view of how U.S. regulators enforce healthcare privacy and security obligations in real cases.

 

The radar brings together key information on enforcement trends, including the regulator, the covered entity or business associate involved, the financial penalty or settlement amount, the legal basis of the violation, and the core compliance failures identified in each matter. By presenting these cases in one place, HIPAA Radar helps privacy, legal, compliance, and security teams better understand which weaknesses most often lead to regulatory scrutiny and enforcement.

 

More than a list of enforcement outcomes, HIPAA Radar is designed as a working compliance resource. It shows how regulators approach issues such as risk analysis, access controls, business associate agreements, impermissible disclosures, breach notification, workforce training, and safeguards for protected health information. This makes it easier to translate enforcement activity into practical lessons for internal compliance programs, privacy governance, and healthcare risk management.

Azul Vision, Inc.

Penalty:

Failure to provide timely access to protected health information (PHI) under the HIPAA Privacy Rule Right of Access standard.

Core issue:

27 sierpnia 2026

Date

Main public findings:

OCR investigated a complaint concerning a January 9, 2023 request for access to PHI. Azul Vision did not fulfill the request until January 6, 2025. OCR identified a potential violation of 45 C.F.R. § 164.524(b). Under the resolution agreement, Azul Vision paid USD 50,000 and agreed to a corrective action plan monitored by OCR for two years, including policy review, periodic reporting on access requests, and workforce training.

Cause of the violation:

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