Q&A: Notification of compliance breach
Compliance Monitor, October 28, 2009
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Q: Is a business associate (BA) that discovers a breach ever responsible for notifying the individual(s) affected, media outlets, or HHS? Or does the BA only have to notify the covered entity (CE)?
A: The CE has sole responsibility for notifying individuals when required. The CE must notify HHS immediately if a breach involves 500 or more individuals and/or at the end of the calendar year with respect to all breaches, regardless of whether the CE or the BA caused the breach.
A review of the breach notification interim final rule, which is final and was published in the Federal Register August 24, is a good idea. Visit www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/coveredentities/breachnotificationifr.html
Chris Apgar, CISSP, answered this question in the Octobert 2009 issue of the HCPro newsletter Briefings on HIPAA. For more information about this newsletter visit the HCMarketplace.
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