In August, Advocate Health Care Network agreed to pay a $5.55 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR), for multiple HIPAA violations. In ...
BAA Requirements. 8 HIPAA requires that BAAs contain the following terms; this list will help covered entities and business associates draft their own BAAs or evaluate BAAs they receive. In at least ...
Whenever the topic of health and medical data comes up, there is often a prevailing assumption that this information is subject to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ...
The final rule expanded the definition of business associate to include all subcontractors of business associates that create, receive, maintain or transmit protected health information (PHI) on ...