JD Supra April 14, 2022
Isabella Porter is the director of compliance and privacy officer of District Medical Group and author of the chapter “Patient Privacy and Security: Business Associates” in the Complete Healthcare Compliance Manual.
In this podcast she shares the key consideration that covered entities – physicians, hospitals, health plans and others who fall under the requirements of HIPAA – must consider when working with their various business associates (BA) with whom they share personal health information (PHI).
When considering a potential new business associate she recommends ensuring that the vendor understand that it meets the definition of a business associate. Quite often they do and already have on hand a business associate agreement. It’s preferable to ask them to default to your...
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