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On August 18, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services – Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), the office that enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), sent out an email detailing a new investigative initiative. OCR currently investigates all reported breaches of protected health information (“PHI”) affecting more than 500 individuals, and will soon begin investigating more broadly certain types of breaches affecting fewer than 500 individuals. Further details on breach reporting…