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INTRODUCTION
- This Agreement supplements and is made a part of that certain [insert agreement name] entered into by and among the Parties on [insert effective date of underlying agreement](the “Underlying Agreement”).
- Business Associate provides services to Covered Entity pursuant to the Underlying Agreement. Covered Entity may wish to disclose Protected Health Information (“PHI”) (as that term is defined below), including Electronic Protected Health Information (“ePHI”),to Business Associate pursuant to the terms the Underlying Agreement and this Agreement.
- Covered Entity and Business Associate enter into this Agreement to comply with the requirements of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”),as amended, including the privacy, security, breach notification and enforcement rules at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160,162 and 164,as well as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“HITECH”),as amended, and other applicable federal and state laws (collectively, the “HIPAA Rules”).
- This Agreement is intended to ensure that Business Associate will establish and implement appropriate safeguards for Protected Health Information that Business Associate may receive, create, maintain, use or disclose in connection with certain functions, activities and services that Business Associate performs for Covered Entity pursuant to the terms of the Underlying Agreement.