Be careful, because not all billing companies are BA! If the billing service translates a standard transaction, they they may well be considered a clearinghouse, thus, a covered entity. It is correct, however, that a BAA is not necessary between a billing company and the payer.
No. > > Billing companies are Business Associates of their health care provider > clients because they are performing a covered function on behalf of those > client. > > The insurance companies they bill to and the cilling company are each > performing their own discrete step in the paymeny process. Neither is > performing any function on behalf of the other. > > Noel Chang > > -- > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 12:11:22 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Business Associates Agreements > > > Hi, I'm helping some small Billing companies in my area > > become HIPAA compliant and I'm not sure if they need a > > Business Associates Agreement with the Insurance > > carriers that they submit claims to. Any information > > would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you, > > > > M.Noren > > > > --- > > 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 Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to > > receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP > > Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs > > should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion > > of specific vendor products and services. They also are not > > intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or > > unprofessional communication at any time. > > > > You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a > > blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you > > need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same > > as the address subscribed to the list, please use the > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > --- > 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 Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If >you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues >Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for >commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. > They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or >unprofessional communication at any time. > > You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at >http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the >address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at >http://subscribe.wedi.org --- 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 Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
