Total Health Care, Incorporated (THC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center. THC is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233 (h). Total Health Care is a FTCA deemed facility. Â©Total Health Care.
The federal agency charged with enforcement of HIPAA is the US Department of Health and Human Servicesâ Office of Civil Rights (OCR). The regulations dealing with the release and protection of health information are known as the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule.
You Are Here > OCR > HIPAA > Compliance and Enforcement > How OCR Enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is responsible for enforcing the HIPAA Privacy Rule (45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164, Subparts A and E). One of the ways that OCR carries out this responsibility is to investigate complaints filed with it.