tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 8

HIPAA: Control BAA Breach Problems With 3 Tips

Not every associate is a BA. Your surgery practice’s bottom line is on the chopping block if one of your business associates (BAs) is involved in a HIPAA breach and you don’t have an appropriate agreement in place. Follow our experts’ three steps to make sure you’re protected. Step 1: Decide Who Constitutes a Business Associate Business associates and their subcontractors maintain protected health information (PHI) and electronic protected health information (ePHI) just as your practice does, but are not themselves a covered entity. The level of their interaction with your employees depends on the complexity...

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