HIPAA Business Associate

HIPAA Business Associates, in general terms, are companies or other organizations who contract with HIPAA “Covered Entities” (Health payers, health providers and clearinghouses) and create, use, transmit or maintain confidential patient information (Protected Health Information or PHI). Beginning in 2013, HIPAA Business Associates are themselves regulated by the HIPAA regulations and are subject to both civil and criminal penalties for violations of the rules.

Eagle HIPAA Policy and Procedures TemplatesEagle works with clients in healthcare and healthcare business associates to ensure HIPAA Security compliance.  We provide a set of HIPAA Policy Templates for a variety of business associate types including Cloud Vendors, Third Party Administrators, and Information Technology companies.


Boston Medical Center vendor causes data breach

Boston Medical Center, a 496-bed academic medical center in Boston, discovered a data breach on March 3 when the records of 15,000 patients were posted online by a vendor. The records, which contained patients’ names, addresses, and medical information, including what... Read More

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