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By Rebecca Herold
Following within the footsteps of its bestselling predecessor, the sensible advisor to HIPAA privateness and defense Compliance, moment variation is a one-stop, updated source on medical health insurance Portability and responsibility Act (HIPAA) privateness and safeguard, together with information at the HITECH Act, the 2013 Omnibus Rule, and the pending principles. up-to-date and revised with numerous new sections, this version defines what HIPAA is, what it calls for, and what you want to do to accomplish compliance.
The ebook presents an easy-to-understand review of HIPAA privateness and safeguard principles and compliance initiatives. providing authoritative insights into real-world HIPAA privateness and safety concerns, it summarizes the research, education, and know-how had to correctly plan and enforce privateness and safety regulations, education, and an total application to regulate info hazards. rather than targeting technical jargon, the publication spells out what your company needs to do to accomplish and retain compliance specifications on an ongoing foundation.
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BA services to a CE are limited to legal, actuarial, accounting, consulting, data aggregation, management, administrative, accreditation, or financial services. However, persons or organizations are not considered BAs if their functions or services do not involve the use or disclosure of PHI, and where any access to PHI by such persons would be incidental, meaning unintended, if at all. A CE can be the BA of another CE. There is no size specification to be considered a BA. BAs vary in size from one-person businesses to businesses with hundreds of thousands of employees.
13 Business Associates Individuals or organizations doing business with CEs, referred to as BAs, may be affected by HIPAA as well. To fall into the BA category, these individuals or organizations must perform an activity involving the use or disclosure of PHI on behalf of a CE. This does not include performing any activities as an employee of the CE. CEs may also be BAs to other CEs. For any BA relationship that a CE has, a BA agreement that holds the BAs responsible for certain HIPAA requirements must be in place between the two parties.
4. Final rule modifying the HIPAA Privacy Rule as required by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) to prohibit most health plans from using or disclosing genetic information for underwriting purposes, which was published as a proposed rule on October 7, 2009. 5 What the HITECH Act Covers The HITECH Act13 was authored by the OCR of the HHS and covers four main topics: • Extension of the HIPAA Security Rule and the privacy and security provisions of the HITECH Act to BAs • Modification of the Breach Notification Rule • Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements, some of which are mandated by the HITECH Act and some of which address problems with the original standards that have emerged over time • Modifications to the HIPAA Enforcement Rule to implement the HITECH Act The effective date of the rule was March 26, 2013, and the changes to the Enforcement Rule were implemented then.