Sounds to me like you should treat them as a member of your workforce, which I believe would obviate the need for a BAA.
Noel Chang Integral Practice Solutions -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Traci Winter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:47:59 -0500 Subject: Business associates > I keep going around and around on this topic. We have a few > contracts with outside agencies that provide us will supplemental > nursing/home health aide services. We provide them with the > pertinent info about a patient and they provide services to the > patient under our control & supervision. The forms and documentation > completed are those provided by our agency and are submitted to our > agency within a week of services. > > I can't come to a definite decision on whether we need to generate a > HIPAA compliant BAC/BAA or not. > > Input appreciated, thanks in advance. > > Traci Winter > Hospitals Home Health Care, Inc. > Fulton, NY 13069 > > --- > 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
