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welcome to the pvw law video library in this video we will be discussing business associates and business associate agreements for additional information regarding the relationship between covered entities and business associates under HIPAA please go to our video library and watch the HIPAA 101 video what is a business associate a business associate or ABA is a person or entity that performs certain functions or activities for a covered entity that involves the use or disclosure of protected health information or pahi protected health information is all the individually identifiable health information held or transmitted by a covered entity or it's business associate in any form or media whether electronic paper or oral basically business associates provide services to covered entities that involve the sharing of protected health information a covered entity is a health care provider that transmits pH I electronically a health plan or a health care Clearinghouse keep in mind that a member of the covered entities workforce such as an employee is not a business associate a covered healthcare provider health plan or healthcare Clearing House can be a business associate of another covered entity the HIPAA Privacy Rule lists some of the activities or services that make a person or entity a business associate if the activity or service involves the use or disclosure of protected health information business associates perform functions such as claims processing or administration data analysis processing or administration the utilization review quality assurance billing benefit management practice management repricing as stated earlier service providers for covered entities may be business associates for instance legal accounting consulting actuarial and management service providers may all qualify as business associates in certain arrangements this leads to the question of what is a business associate agreement a business associate agreement is an agreement between a covered entity and a business associate that governs the terms of their relationship for instance a family physician's office might enter into a business associate agreement with its billing provider and/or its accountant there are specific requirements regarding the information that must be contained in a business associate agreement for example the agreement must describe the permitted and required uses of protected health information by the business associate provide that the business associate will not use or further disclose the protected health information other than as permitted or required by the contract or is required by law and require the business associate to use appropriate safeguards to prevent a use or disclosure of the protected health information other than as provided for by the contract covered entities are required to enter into written agreements with business associates in order to limit use and disclosure of protected health information safeguard protected health information and ensure certain patient rights for example providing a patient with access to protected health information you may be wondering how the hi-tech updates to HIPAA affect business associates and business associate agreements in many respects the HITECH Act makes business associates de facto covered entities while the Privacy Rule used to be primarily the concern of covered entities under hi-tech business associates may be required to notify patients if there is a breach additionally now business associates are subject to civil and criminal penalties for violating HIPAA business associate agreements are beneficial to both covered entities and business associates because the parties can customize the terms of the agreement for the specific relationship while the agreements must always comply with HIPAA the parties are free to make the terms for example a covered entity could require more timely notice provisions in the event that a business associate discovers a breach pvw law prepares customized business associate agreements we also review business associate agreements for current compliance if you are interested in having pvw law review or draft a business associate agreement for your entity go to the client tools slash health care law form section of pvw law comm and use the business associate agreement intake form one of our health care law attorneys will respond to your request