Business Associate Agreement Covered Entities (CE) Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Electronic Health Records (EHR) Electronic Protected Health Information (EPHI) Healthcare Clearinghouse Health Information Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) HIPAA [..]

Anyone who has access to patient information, whether directly, indirectly, physically or virtually. Additionally, any organization that provides support in the treatment, payment or operations is considered a business associate, i.e. an IT company or a billing and claims processing company. Other examples include a document destruction company, a [..]