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.
In October 1990, the Census Bureau issued estimated U.S. population figures of approximately 254 million, based on a tracking of birth, death, and immigration records.