Enforcement Results by Year

The data table below shows the enforcement results by calendar year according to the type of closure for each category. This is the number of investigations that OCR had resolved. There were:

Outcome of Complaint Investigations

  Resolved After
Intake and Review
Technical
Assistance
Investigated:
No Violation
Post-Investigational
Technical Assistance
Investigated:
Corrective Action Obtained
Total Resolutions
2018 16989 6912 267 289 632 25089
2019 19584 8770 444 252 803 29853
2020 19826 5091 661 80 872 26530
2021 20661 4139 817 89 714 26420

Outcome of Breach Compliance Review Investigations

  Resolved After
Intake and Review
Investigated:
No Violation
Post-Investigational
Technical Assistance
Investigated:
Corrective Action Obtained
Other Total Resolutions
2018 10 15 41 359 6 431
2019 5 22 36 235 0 298
2020 8 42 22 475 0 547
2021 11 61 16 466 0 554

Outcome of Other Compliance Review Investigations

  Resolved After:
Intake and Review
Investigated:
No Violation
Post-Investigational
Technical Assistance
Investigated:
Corrective Action Obtained
Other Total Resolutions
2018 0 2 1 4 0 7
2019 0 21 2 17 0 40
2020 0 9 0 10 0 19
2021 5 5 0 9 0 19

Total Cases Investigated

  Investigated: 
No Violation
Post-Investigational:
Technical Assistance
Investigated:
Corrective Action Obtained
Total Investigated Of Those, Settlements or CMPs % of Total Investigated
2018 284 331 995 1610 11 0.68%
2019 487 290 1055 1832 10 0.55%
2020 712 102 1357 2171 19 0.88%
2021 883 105 1189 2177 14 0.64%

Total Cases

  Complaints Compliance Reviews Technical Assistance Total Cases Of Those, Settlements or CMPs % of Total Cases
2018 25089 438 7243 32770 10 0.0305%
2019 29853 338 9060 39251 10 0.0255%
2020 26530 566 5193 32289 19 0.0588%
2021 26420 573 4244 31237 14 0.0448%

Enforcement Results, Pie Chart by Year:


 

 

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Enforcement Results - Total Investigated - January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021
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Enforcement Results - Total Resolution - January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021

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Enforcement Results - January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020

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Enforcement Results - January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019

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Enforcement Results - January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018

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