The National Law Review

HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule: Highlights for Business Associates

The final rule expanded the definition of business associate to include all subcontractors of business associates that create, receive, maintain or transmit protected health information (PHI) on ...
JD Supra

The HIPAA “Omnibus” Final Rule Part II - Revisions to Business Associate Definition, Liability and Obligations, Certain Individual Rights, and Implementation of GINA.

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (the “Department” or “HHS”) issued the “Omnibus” Final Rule (the “Final Rule”) on January 17th, 2013. The Final Rule contains long-awaited ...
JD Supra

HIPAA Omnibus Rule: Deadline Approaching to Update Grandfathered Business Associate Agreements

Although the HIPAA Omnibus Rule (the “Rule”) went into effect nearly 18 months ago, the transition period for bringing business associate agreements into compliance with the Rule’s new requirements ...
The National Law Review

HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule & Business Associate Agreements

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CSOonline

Third-party vendors must abide by HIPAA privacy rules as well

This month I wanted to cover the HIPAA business associate rule and the FIPA (Florida Information Protection Act). The business associate rule is critical as it helps assure that your business partners ...