RE: Recording Disclosures (was BA Agreement Questions)

Traci, I'm sorry I've taken so long to reply. You have raised a number of good points and perhaps in my response(s) I lost sight of the fact that the issue we are discussing has morphed slightly. We started out by talking about Medicaid audits, or audits by payers, and the need for BA Agreemen

Are therapy providers BAs?

Had a question about BAs? If we contract with Therapy Provider company to provide OT, ST and PT services, will that company be our BA? How about the individuals from these companies who come and render the service? Do they need to sign a Confidentiality Agreement?   Regards, Vikas --- The W

Training

Does it really matter which titled staff member provides the training? --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Boa

RE: Temporary Employees

HIPAA covers every employee who has access to Protected Health Information, whether temporary or permanent. Given that civil liabilities could be huge, potential plaintiffs would undoubtedly name the employee, the agency and the CE as co-defendants. On the most base level, I can't think of a s

RE: Temporary Employees

I think you would have to train a temporary workforce member just as you would a workforce member  that was not temporary.  My understanding is you don't train on the privacy rule itself, you train on what procedures/policies that all employees need to know about your privacy procedures, tha

Are there any covered entities which include certification and li censing entities?

Are there any covered entities out there that include a component that provides for the licensing and certification of facilities and that addresses long term care program complaints? Our Medicaid agency surveys hospitals, long-term care, etc. facilities for Medicare/Medicaid certification and some

Re: Temporary Employees

We are viewing temp. employees as workforce members,  we will have them sign an Employee Confidentiality Agreement as well as give them a HIPAA Basic Education Handbook, which they read, take a test, and sign.   Debbie Kerns HIPAA Compliance Officer Steele Memorial Hospital   ***

RE: Temporary Employees

Valerie,   To the extent that the temporary employee uses and discloses PHI, (s)he would need to be treated as any other workforce member for the purposes of providing awareness training, mitigation of harm for breaches, etc.   I hope that this helps.   Your questions are always wel

RE: Temporary Employees

I have heard CE's respond both ways. I would like to get an idea of what the majority of people are doing. And are you treating temp agencies that supply office staff differently than temp agencies who supply nursing staff? Thank you! Deborah Campbell Compliance Coordinator Dominion Dent

Temporary Employees

Had a question come up today regarding temporary employees.  If we have a temp for a couple of weeks, is that person considered a member of our workforce and are we required to train that person on HIPAA Privacy?  Thanks for your input!   Valerie Hromatka System Administrator Privacy Of

Re: Recording Disclosures (was BA Agreement Questions)

Title: RE: Recording Disclosures (was BA Agreement Questions) I also agree with Carolyn.   An external Auditor would be a BA if (and only if) YOU hired the firm to perform audits for YOUR business purposes, and the auditor had to access to PHI in order to perform the audits.   Government overs

RE: Recording Disclosures (was BA Agreement Questions)

Title: RE: Recording Disclosures (was BA Agreement Questions) I've got to agree with Carolyn. These audits are done as required by law, or for Health Oversight. Not on behalf of the health plan. Deborah Campbell Compliance Coordinator Dominion Dental Services, Inc. 115 South Union Stree