tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2021 Issue Q3

HIPAA: Vet Your BA’s HIPAA Harmony Before Hiring

Their non-compliance may be your liability. As a surgeon, you’re a covered entity (CE) who is responsible for keeping patient data safe under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). But once you provide patient-data access to your business associates (BAs), you have to be sure they comply with HIPAA too. Know: A BA “is any person or entity that performs a function or activity on behalf of the practice involving the use and/or disclosure of protected health information (PHI) that is not a part of the practice’s staff,” says Kent Moore, senior strategist...

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