Judy,

Good point about the business associate's agreement (BAA) - this should be
on the top of the list of items they need in place.  Which begs the
question in my mind - does the hospital have a general counsel on staff?
If not sounds like they need to get one who specializes in HIPAA and other
healthcare issues fairly quickly.  And since they are a children's hospital
they probably have Medicaid patients, which means they need to understand
the state's Medicaid recordkeeping requirements in addition to retention
for minors medical records.

Bruce White, CRM, PMP
Virginia Beach, VA
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On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Tyler, Judy K CIV USARMY MEDCOM CRDAMC
(US) <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hugh are you asking about their concerns regarding any HIPAA issues?  From
> what I read, that should be a primary concern.  Do they have a business
> associate's agreement with their offsite storage vendor regarding HIPAA
> protection?  Our records are stored in-house until they are transferred to
> the appropriate Federal records center.  Our biggest concern is HIPAA!  We
> pretty much have a good handle on the records themselves.
>
> ), they pay attention to MRI because that is a cash cow but now what to do
> with those pesky tapes.
>
>

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