HIPAA Compliance Blog

According to HIPAA mandates, a third party that engages with PHI or ePHI through the services it is contracted to provide to the covering entity (for example, a clinic, medical support, social services, or health organization) is considered a business associate.

In the throes of the back to school rush, it is easy for parents and guardians to forget about the impacts and function of HIPAA privacy and security safeguards and their attendant risks, which take place when those same safeguards are ignored or under/over-utilized.