The practice was formed by nationally-known and widely-respected information technology attorney John R. Christiansen after many years in large, national law and consulting firm practice, to provide service more directly, flexibly and creatively.
PLEASE SEE SECTION 1 FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USING THIS TOOL In order to determine whether you are a Business Associate, ideally before agreeing to or accepting any arrangement in which you will create, receive, maintain or transmit PHI, you should determine: Whether the party for or from which you will do so is a Covered […]
PLEASE SEE SECTION 1 FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USING THIS TOOL On January 17 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) published the unofficial version of the HITECH Omnibus Rule, or to call it by its proper name, “Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology […]
PLEASE SEE SECTION 1 FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USING THIS TOOL Section 1: Introduction Section 3: Background and Concepts Section 4: How to Tell if You’re a Business Associate Section 5: Compliance as a Business Associate Section 6: Penalties for Business Associate Noncompliance Section 7: Determining the HITECH-Compliant Business Associate Contract Date Section 8: Contents of […]