Privacy: policies and procedures question re CEs that are part of an OHCA

2003-01-27 Thread Jason Cantos
Can anyone tell me whether each covered entity that is part of a Hospital (the Hospital is an OHCA) needs its own policies and procedures, or if such a covered entity can just adopt the hosptial's policies and procedures, to the extent applicable. Thanks. J. Cantos

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