HIPAA Business Associate Qualifying Questions Do You Believe the Vendor Is a Business Associate? The vendor: Provides a service that requires them to view patient information. Provides a service that requires them to store patient information. It does not matter ...
Why Technology Manufacturers, Service Providers, Help Desks & Managed Service Providers Must Comply with HIPAA HIPAA The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires that electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) be secured against loss or unauthorized access. Business Associates ...
Managing Business Associates under the 2013 HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule In 2003 HIPAA defined health care providers and payers as Covered Entities. Organizations that support Covered Entities and come in contact with Protected Health Information (PHI) are Business Associates. Business ...
How to Avoid Multi-Million-Dollar HIPAA Phone & Data Penalties Mike Semel Why is There Still So Much Confusion, Denial, and Deception? The Office for Civil Rights just announced a $3 million penalty against Touchstone Medical Imaging, partly because Touchstone “failed ...
Originally Published at Business Associates are NOT Responsible for Clients’ HIPAA Compliance, BUT You Still Might Be At-Risk “Am I responsible for ...
New Guidance Proves Cloud Services Are Business Associates It’s over. New guidance from the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR) confirms that cloud services that store patient information must comply with HIPAA. Many cloud services and data centers have denied ...
HIPAA BUSINESS ASSOCIATE MANAGEMENT 2016 UPDATE In 2016, A hospital was fined $ 2.7 million for storing patient data with a cloud service without having a Business Associate Agreement in place. Another hospital was penalized $ 1.55 million, and a ...