The real HIPAA enforcement agency is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Complaints are filed with the OCR, and they are responsible for administering, investigating and enforcing the HIPAA privacy standards.
1 The population of the United States is estimated at 322,583,006 as of July 1 2014. 2  United States' population is equivalent to 4.45% of the total world population. 3  The U.S. ranks number 3 in the list of countries by population. 4  The population density in the U.S.A. is 34 people per Km2.
Overall, the population of the United States has grown more than 9% to 307,006,550 since the 2000 census. The population grew 0.86% since last year's estimates. These figures are an advance look at what to expect when the 2010 census results are released in December.