Common use of HIPAA Standards Clause in Contracts

HIPAA Standards. As applicable, each party is required to develop and maintain administrative safeguards to ensure the confidentiality of all protected health information within its possession, for both electronic and non-electronic records, as established in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Standards CFR 160 and 164, and to comply with all other applicable federal, state, and local laws and policies applicable to the confidentiality of protected client information.