Wednesday, March 22, 2017

OCR responds to question about dental labs, business associate agreements

Dental laboratories aren't required to sign business associate agreements before dental practices share protected health information for treatment of an individual, according to the U.S. Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, because a dental laboratory meets the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's definition of a "health care provider."

From: http://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2017-archive/march/ocr-responds-to-question-about-dental-labs-business-associate-agreements

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