HEALTHCARE TRAINING 2021 - HIPAA Business Associates: Obligations for Healthcare Entities and Their Associates

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Category HEALTHCARE TRAINING 2021

Deadline: October 26, 2021 | Date: October 26, 2021

Venue/Country: Online event, U.S.A

Updated: 2021-09-06 18:21:51 (GMT+9)

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The definition of a HIPAA Business Associate casts a wide net of healthcare business activities, including any business that creates, receives, maintains, or transmits any Protected Health Information on behalf of a HIPAA Covered Entity or Business Associate, and even sub-contractors of Business Associates are also treated as business associates, greatly expanding the pool of entities under regulation to some that may not even be aware they have become HIPAA Business Associates.

Based on recent enforcement actions, it is now more important than ever to carefully consider whether a BA designation is appropriate or not – Business Associate Agreements are not to be entered into lightly. The requirements have a direct impact on what needs to be put into the business associate agreements you establish. And, in order to satisfy their clients’ requirements for adequate assurances of good practices, Business Associates may be asked to provide not just a simple contract, but also third-party reviews and assessments of HIPAA compliance.

HHS recently issued a guidance document to explain how Business Associates may be liable for compliance enforcement under HIPAA, giving a ten-item list of ways an entity could become liable under the regulations. Some of the specifications are far from trivial, such as complying with the Security Rule, but the organization of items relevant to Business Associates is a helpful guide.