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HHS Offers New HIPAA Fact Sheet on BAs' Liability

Published on Thu Jun 06, 2019

If business associates (BAs) think that HIPAA compliance doesn’t apply to them, they have another thing coming, suggests new federal guidance. The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) warns that covered entities aren’t the only ones who need to step up their HIPAA compliance. As more and more privacy and security issues arise, BAs also need to take ownership of [...]
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