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• Is a software vendor a business associate of a covered entity?
• Instead of entering into a contract, can business associates self-certify or be certified by a third party as compliant with the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
• What is required to De-Identify PHI?
• Do the standards of the Security Rule require use of specific technologies?
• Who is considered a 'Business Associate'?
• Has the Secretary exceeded the HIPAA statutory by requiring "business associates" to comply with the Privacy Rule, even if that requirement is through a contract?
• Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule require a business associate to create a notice of privacy practices?
• Is a physician required to have business associate contracts with technicians such as plumbers, electricians or photocopy machine repairmen who provide repair services in a physician's office?
• Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, may a covered entity contract with a business associate to create a limited data set the same way it can use a business associate to create de-identified data?
• In providing legal services to a covered entity, must a lawyer who is a business associate require that those persons to whom it discloses protected health information agree to abide by the privacy restrictions and conditions that apply to the lawyer?