Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Notes:

Worry About 1 Less HIPAA Task

Don’t sweat it if you’ve been sending claims with protected health information in the mail and don't have a HIPAA business associate (BA) agreement with the U.S. Postal Service. The Department of Health and Human Services says that covered entities (CEs) do not need to enter into BA agreements or contracts with couriers or other “conduits,” which HHS says also [...]
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