Nov 15, 2022 | Administrative Simplification Provisions, Business Associates, Healthcare Industry, HSN
The HIPAA Administrative Simplification provisions are in place to provide consistency in electronic communications within healthcare for Protected Health Information (PHI). These mandate the usage of standard transactions, code sets, and identifiers for the United...
Jan 25, 2022 | Business Associates, HSN, Policies and Procedures
In simple summary, a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is a legal contract that exists between a Covered Entity and a Business Associate who comes into contact with Protected Health Information (PHI). Sometimes called a Business Associate Contract, it is critical and...
Sep 7, 2021 | Business Associates, HSN
It’s easy to find a news story with someone misappropriating what HIPAA is, what it means, and what it does. Most people incorrectly assume how it protects their health records and information from ‘the world at large’. It does protect private health information,...
Apr 30, 2019 | Business Associate, Business Associates, HSN
Patient data exposed Inmediata Health Group, Corp., a provider of clearinghouse services, software, and business processing solutions to health plans, hospitals, IPAs, and independent physicians recently announced a security incident affecting some customer data. The...
May 8, 2017 | Business Associate, Business Associates, HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
The Center for Children’s Digestive Health (CCDH) a small, for-profit practice has agreed to implement a corrective action plan for their potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. According to the U.S....
Oct 12, 2016 | Breach, Business Associate, Business Associates, HSN
We have previously posted about HHS/OCR’s Guidance on HIPAA & Cloud Computing. The guidance is presented in question and answer form. To see the full guidance, you can go to the OCR page. Below are the 11 questions with partial answers to keep this...
