RE: Business associates

[Craig Moen]

Traci-   I, along with you,have gone around and around on this topic.  I have never been given a definite answer and it appears to be one of personal choice.  We provide similiar services as you.  Ou legal counsel has instructed us to draft a simple language business associate agreement.  In addition providing them with the education that we have provided to our own staff about what our HIPAA policies and procedures will be.   Craig Moen, MPT Director of Rehabilitation THERAPY 2000 Confidential Information This email message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Unless otherwise indicated or obvious by the nature of this transmittal, the information contained in this email message is privileged and confidential, intended for the use of the intended recipient (or the employee or agent responsible to deliver to the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message THERAPY 2000 1881 Sylvan Avenue Suite 210 Dallas, Tx 75208 -----Original Message----- From: Traci Winter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 9:48 AM To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List 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 --- 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