Digesting the HIPAA proposed rule: Part IV
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, August 30, 2010
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Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final in a series of articles breaking down the Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) HIPAA proposed rule published in the Federal Register July 14.
Rebecca Herold, CISSP, CIPP, CISM, CISA, FLMI, of Rebecca Herold & Associates, LLC, of Des Moines, IA, offers the following suggestion to help organizations understand the HIPAA proposed rule:
- Ask covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) to step up compliance teaching efforts. The proposed rule “more clearly and explicitly establishes that CEs and BAs must take a more active role in ensuring their associated BAs are in compliance with HIPAA/HITECH,” Herold says, “and that they will be held liable for doing so.”
Herold and Jeff Drummond will co-host the HCPro, Inc., audio conference, “HIPAA’s New Proposed Rule: Prepare for Changes to Privacy, Security and Enforcement Regulations,” at 1 p.m. (Eastern) Tuesday, August 31.
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