How can I file a complaint with the Secretary of Health and Human Services?

September 20, 2009 by admin

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) receives and looks into Privacy Rule complaints for the Secretary. You can send written complaints to OCR by mail, fax, or e-mail. You can also use OCR's Health Information Privacy Complaint Form. To get a copy of this form, or for more information about the Privacy Rule or how to file a complaint with OCR, contact any OCR office or go to Office of Civil Rights - HIPAA section of the www.hhs.gov web site. If you want to send a filled out complaint form by email, you can send it to OCRComplaint@hhs.gov. (Please note that communication by unencrypted email presents a risk that personally identifiable information contained in such an email, may be intercepted by unauthorized third parties.)