More Business Associate

2003-04-01 Thread Craig Moen
Can someone help me understand this a little better: I am reading language about having contracts signed before October of 2002. It seems to states that Business Associate agreements/addendums have an extension to 4-14-04 in these instances? For those that we have verbal agreements with we have

RE: More Business Associate

2003-04-01 Thread Deborah Campbell
Title: RE: More Business Associate Craig, The way I understand this (correct me if I'm wrong guys), if you have a contract in place by October 2002, you have a 1 year extension for the BAA. But the Covered Entity is still responsible for the BA abiding by the BA requirements, even though you h

RE: More Business Associate

2003-04-01 Thread David Ermer
Deborah -- Yes according to § 164.532(b) if a covered entity had a contract in place with a BA on October 14, 2002, then the covered entity must amend that contract to include the required BA provisions the next time that the parties substantively modify the agreement but in no event later than Apr

'second tier' BAA

2003-04-01 Thread Brenda K. Burton
Anybody willing to share one with me? I'm a billing company and looking at the language we should put into our agreements with subcontractors/agents. We have an agreement with them, but now that I have heard about others referring to this document, 'second tier' BAA, I'd be interested in seei

Psychotherapy Notes

2003-04-01 Thread Coffield, Robert L.
Psychotherapy notes are defined very specifically in the regulations including that the records "are separated from the rest of the individual's medical record."    Does the definition imply that a mental health provider who does not keep the records separate -- not have HIPAA psychotherapy

business associate questions

2003-04-01 Thread Jason Cantos
I work in a small law firm. A couple of our clients asked us to sign business associate agreements. These business associate agreements require the law firm to adopt HIPAA specific policies and procedures. Are there any business associates (law firms specifically) that are doing this? On an

RE: business associate questions

2003-04-01 Thread Craig Moen
Jason- I believe it depends on how your are being utilized. It would seem that as legal counsel you may be exposed to PHI when they are asking you to defend them in any litigation brought by a patient or if they are working against an insurance company for non-payment etc. The agreement should s

RE: business associate questions

2003-04-01 Thread Langer, Judi
On your unrelated matter, I, too, don't see where there is a business associate relationship between a dental insurer and the law firm, or even between the dental insurer and the law firm's "group health plan." The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights, the agency c

Billing Company fee for copy/release billing records

2003-04-01 Thread Brenda K. Burton
I'd like some input on how Billing Companies are handling any fees for release of billing records to patients if your company does this. If you are, could you lead me to documentation in the regs or otherwise that support your answer? Thanks, Brenda --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are

RE: business associate questions

2003-04-01 Thread Darrell Rishel
If your law firm provides any services to any entity in healthcare, I strongly suggest you start getting familiar with HIPAA...in a hurry. Legal services is one of the types of messages specifically mentioned in the section of the regulation addressing business associates. Whether a law firm provid