BAA

Business Associate Agreements are necessary contracts between healthcare providers and Business Associates. Required by HIPAA, the BAA provides protections for your office and the PHI that your office shares with Business Associates.

Understand what a Business Associate is, how to determine if an entity is a Business Associate or Covered Entity and the Business Associate Agreement.

When you have a Business Associate Agreement in place you always can send a letter terminating the relationship. When you send that letter, you should instruct the Business Associate to delete all your patient data, and if that is not feasible that hey are responsible to protect that data under the HIPAA regulations. It is always best to have an attorney review the letter prior to sending it.

An opinion on when you need Business Associate Agreements when working with Durable Medical Equipment Vendors.

One of the more common causes of Government Investigations into possible HIPAA violations are patient complaints.