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HIPAA never says "wet ink." It says the assurances must be documented in writing. Here's who can sign a business associate agreement, what makes it enforceable evidence, and how to fix an unsigned vendor file before someone asks.
Carl B. Johnson
HIPAA names nine things every BAA must do. Here's what each provision has to say, the timelines worth writing in, and the documentation that proves you did it.
Carl B. Johnson
A practical breakdown of which vendors require a signed business associate agreement, the nine clauses regulators expect to see, and the paper trail that proves you did it.
Carl B. Johnson
A two-question test for deciding whether a vendor needs a Business Associate Agreement, which common vendors fall outside the rule, and what your signed-agreement evidence should look like when OCR asks.
Carl B. Johnson
Your billing company's offshore coder is not your vendor — but the PHI is still yours. Here's who owes a subcontractor BAA, what it must contain, and what evidence survives an OCR request.
Carl B. Johnson
The mandatory clauses, subcontractor obligations, and breach-notification clocks that every BAA must contain — plus the documentation an OCR investigator will ask your practice to produce.
Carl B. Johnson
An NDA protects your secrets. A BAA protects your patients — and satisfies 45 CFR 164.504(e). Here's how to tell which document a vendor actually needs, and what happens when you sign the wrong one.
Carl B. Johnson
A practical, vendor-by-vendor method for deciding who needs a business associate agreement, which exceptions actually apply, and what documented proof looks like when OCR asks.
Carl B. Johnson
A practical guide for practice administrators: how to decide which vendors are business associates, what your agreements must contain, when they must be signed, and what documentation holds up under an OCR review.
Carl B. Johnson
The HHS sample provisions are a floor, not a finished contract. Here's what belongs in your business associate agreement template, who signs it, and what evidence proves you did it.
Carl B. Johnson