Our partner Elizabeth Litten and I were recently featured again by our good friend Marla Durben Hirsch in her article in the April 2017 issue of Medical Practice Compliance Alert
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Countdown to September 22nd — Shortcuts for Business Associate Agreement Compliance
The deadline for executing a HIPAA Omnibus Rule-compliant Business Associate Agreement (BAA) looms just 2 short weeks from today. What can a busy covered entity (CE) or business associate (BA)…
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Two Months to Amend HIPAA Business Associate Agreements for Omnibus Compliance, But Beware the Bare Bones 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…
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Avoiding a HIPAA Identity Crisis in 2014
Who you are makes a big difference in how and whether you must protect individually identifiable health information under HIPAA. As we near the end of 2013, I look back…
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HIPAA “Mega Rule”, Meet “Super BAA”: The CMS Data Use Agreement
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.
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