Covered Entities

Covered Entities
A new round of federal privacy and security audits targets the business partners of healthcare providers, insurers, and other HIPAA-covered entities. With the increased outsourcing of health data analytics and other various services, business partners today are handling and increasingly being exposed to confidential patient data. As such, there is a need to explicitly discuss the legal obligations of the covered entities in securing protected health information when this type of information is shared with non-covered entities.

Analyze a relationship of health care covered entities with business partners.

Include the following aspects in the discussion:

Explain the compliance requirements for a covered entity with business partners.
What is the obligation of the health care organization in protecting the information of their patients once protected health information is sent to a business partner?
Discuss the legal requirements for covered entities in maintaining confidentiality.
Respond to your peers’ posts.
Cite any references. Use proper grammar, sentence structure, and spelling at all times. Copying and pasting is not allowed. Always use your own words.

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