BAA

Does your business associate agreement (BAA) reflect your business deal, or is it a bare bones HIPAA compliance document?

Now is the time to check. The HIPAA “Omnibus Rule” published
Continue Reading Two Months to Amend HIPAA Business Associate Agreements for Omnibus Compliance, But Beware the Bare Bones BAA

While the undertakings of a Medicare ACO and the terminology in the Data Use Agreement for protection of patient data may differ from those of covered entities, business associates and subcontractors and their BAAs under the HIPAA/HITECH regulations, they have many striking similarities and purposes.
Continue Reading HIPAA “Mega Rule”, Meet “Super BAA”: The CMS Data Use Agreement