Who creates the agreement -- BA or CE?
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, September 7, 2009
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The following question is from an attendee of the July 29 HCPro, Inc., audio conference, Business Associates and Covered Entities: Adapt Contracts to Comply With New HIPAA Law. The speakers on the show were Chris Apgar, CISSP, president of Apgar & Associates in Portland, OR, and John R. Christiansen, JD, of Christiansen IT Law in Seattle.
Q. Who is generally responsible for creating the business associate agreements (BAAs) -- the covered entity (CE) or business associate (BA)? If the covered entity is responsible, and they do not create the BAA, should the business associate step in and create a BAA?
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