HIPAA Business Associates have experienced HIPAA breach fines in the millions of dollars. Eagle Consulting offers HIPAA Policy Templates specifically tailored to different types of Business Associates, including cloud computing vendors, IT managed services companies, and third-party administrators.
Ohio DD Boards are responsible for ensuring confidentiality when working with third parties. The appropriate method varies depending on whether a 3rd party provider is HIPAA Covered Entity or not. Eagle offers a model confidentiality agreement for contract providers who are not HIPAA Covered Entities.
How do you ensure cloud storage HIPAA compliance? There are a number of file storage services in the cloud and if you are designated a business associate for a healthcare payer or provider you need to form the right policies and agreements.
An Orthopaedic Practice fined $750,000 for HIPAA Violations, is learning the hard way that they needed to have a business associate agreement (BAA) in place. The settlement comes after an alleged breach 17,300 patient’s information.
Risk analysis for business associates is one of Eagle’s smart services, and it’s always needed both for business associate firms themselves and for the hospital, clinic and other healthcare entities relying on their associates for compliance to help avoid breaches and resulting government penalties. Compliance failures can cost up to $50,000 per incident.
Eagle has added three new downloadable HIPAA Policy templates bringing the total to six now available, ranging from HIPAA Privacy & Security Policy Templates for Medical Practices to Confidentiality & Computer Security Policies for Ohio DD Boards.