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ive been told i need a business associate agreement or a BAA. What does this mean? Im Erin Jackson with Jackson LLP Healthcare Lawyers. This is a common question we receive, especially when we speak with a potential client or existing client and we advise them that they need a BAA to comply with HIPAA. Business associate agreements are required by HIPAAs security rule. What they are is a contract between two entities, usually a covered entity and a business associate, and it describes how both parties are going to protect and maintain PHI or protected health information. Often a BAA is executed between an EMR company (or medical records company) and a medical practice, describing how the EMR company is going to protect the practices data and it ensures that both parties have compliant HIPAA policies and procedures. A BAA alone doesnt mean anything. The whole point is that both sides are agreeing that they maintain the legally required HIPAA policies a
