The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shattered previous records for enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in fiscal year 2016, according to an analysis by McDermott Will & Emery health care attorneys.

The HHS Office for Civil Rights extracted a total of $25.6 million in settlement payments between Oct. 1, 2015, and Sept. 30, 2016, more than triple the previous annual record of $7.9 million set in fiscal year 2014, according to the law firm.

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