Word of Warning: join.me Does Not Sign Business Associate Agreements

Vendors HIPAA BAA

A few days ago, after making multiple attempts on behalf of a client to verify and clarify how join.me supports HIPAA compliance, specifically participating in Business Associate Agreements, I found that they do not. In fact, they do not consider themselves subject to HIPAA regulations, regardless of the possibility of PHI being stored on the … Read more

Migrating to a Cloud Service: Is your BAA in place?

In a recent LinkedIn discussion between colleagues in our HIPAA Survival Guide group, a member posed an interesting question that probably doesn’t usually garner much attention in the general scheme of things when upgrading technology: If a company is a HIPAA Covered Entity and is migrating to Microsoft Office 365 (which is a cloud-based solution) … Read more