---
id: 8395
title: "Business Associates Need to Understand HIPAA & HITECH Requirements"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/vulnerability-management/business-associates-need-to-understand-hipaa-hitech-requirements/"
published_at: "2010-08-31T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["compliance", "hipaa", "breach-notification", "ephi", "hitech", "hitrust", "business-associate"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8395"
lang: en
---

# Business Associates Need to Understand HIPAA & HITECH Requirements

## Summary

A NetSPI post urges Business Associates to start HIPAA/HITECH compliance early: periodic ePHI risk assessments, access inquiries handling, and 60-day breach notification timelines demand controls.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2010-08-31T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/vulnerability-management/business-associates-need-to-understand-hipaa-hitech-requirements/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8395