HIPAA compliance questions for business partner agreements.
If your organization is covered by HIPAA, do you know what's expected of you--and of your vendors--with regard to privacy of health information? To make sure your organization is in compliance, contracts with business partners will need careful review. The author offers an overview of the proposed regulations and offers some tips to get started.
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Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC, Chicago, USA. mroach@bellboyd.com
D003199:Computer Systems; D003284:Contract Services / Q000592:standards*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004496:Education, Continuing; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D019451:Information Management / Q000592:standards*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States