tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 6

HIPAA: Understand What Constitutes A Business Associate

Hint: Your practice cleaning service probably doesn’t need a BAA. When there’s a HIPAA breach in your office, costs can stack up. And that’s why it’s essential to have business associate agreements in place that protect you and your livelihood should a violation occur. But before you go to the trouble of outlining another third-party BAA, make sure you need it. Who Is a Business Associate? Business associates and their subcontractors maintain protected health information (PHI) and electronic protected health information (ePHI) just as your practice does. The level of their interaction with your practice...

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