Source: https://setshape.com/hipaa
Timestamp: 2019-04-18 14:35:58+00:00

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These Standard HIPAA Business Associate Agreement Terms and Conditions (“HIPAA Addendum”) shall be incorporated into the Terms of Service (which may be found at https://setshape.com/terms-of-service/) and any other agreement that a person or entity signs with Shape Software LLC (“Shape” “Covered Entity” or “Company”) for Customers that are Covered Entities (as defined below) and that provide Protected Health Information (“PHI”)(as defined below) to Shape in connection with services they have purchased. These terms supplement and are made part of any agreement between Shape and Customers (“Underlying Agreement”) in order to comply with the federal Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, located at 45 C.F.R. Part 160 and Part 164, Subparts A through E (“Privacy Rule”) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, Public Law 111-005 (the “HITECH Act”).
b) “Business Associate” shall generally have the same meaning as the term “business associate” at 45 CFR 160.103, and in reference to the party to this agreement, shall mean Shape.
c) “Covered Entity” shall generally have the same meaning as the term “covered entity” at 45 CFR 160.103, and in reference to the party to this agreement.
2.1 Use and Disclosure of PHI. Shape shall not use or disclose PHI other than as permitted or required by this HIPAA Addendum or as Required by Law. Shape shall not use or disclose PHI for fundraising or marketing purposes. Shape shall not directly or indirectly receive remuneration in exchange for PHI, except with the prior written consent of Covered Entity and as permitted by the HITECH Act; however, this prohibition shall not affect payment by Covered Entity to Shape for services provided pursuant to the Underlying Agreement.
2.2 Safeguards. Shape shall use appropriate safeguards, and comply with Subpart C of 45 CFR Part 164 with respect to electronic protected health information, to prevent use or disclosure of protected health information other than as provided for by the Agreement.
2.3 Mitigation. Shape shall mitigate, to the extent practicable, any harmful effect that is known to Shape of a use or disclosure of PHI by Shape in violation of the requirements of this HIPAA Addendum.
2.4 Reporting. Shape shall notify in writing Covered Entity of any access, use or disclosure of PHI for a purpose that is not provided for in this HIPAA Addendum or the Underlying Agreement, and any Breach of Unsecured PHI, of which Shape becomes aware without unreasonable delay and in no case later than thirty (30) calendar days after discovery.
2.5 Disclosure to Agents and Subcontractors. Shape shall ensure that any covered subcontractor to whom Shape discloses PHI received from Covered Entity, has in place an appropriate Business Associate agreement.
2.6 Designated Record Set. Shape shall provide access, at the request of Covered Entity, to PHI in a Designated Record Set in order to meet the requirements under 45 C.F.R. § 164.524.
2.7 Internal Practices, Policies and Procedures. Shape shall make available its internal practices, books, and records, including policies and procedures and PHI, relating to the use and disclosure of PHI received from, or created or received by Shape on behalf of, Covered Entity available to the Covered Entity and to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”) for purposes of the Secretary determining Covered Entity’s compliance with the Privacy Rule and the HITECH Act.
2.8 Accounting for Disclosures. Shape agrees to maintain the information required to provide an accounting of disclosures of PHI in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.528 and to make this information available to Covered Entity upon Covered Entity’s request in order to allow Covered Entity to respond to an Individual’s request for accounting of disclosures.
2.9 Security Obligations. Shape shall implement appropriate safeguards as are necessary to prevent the use or disclosure of PHI otherwise than as permitted by the Underlying Agreement or this HIPAA Addendum including, but not limited to, administrative, physical, and technical safeguards that reasonably and appropriately protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Covered Entity’s electronic PHI as required by 45 C.F.R. Sections 164.308, 164.310, and 164.312, as amended from time to time. Shape shall ensure that any agent, including a subcontractor, to whom it provides such electronic PHI, agrees to implement reasonable and appropriate safeguards to protect it. Shape shall comply with the policies and procedures and document requirements of the Privacy Rule including, but not limited to, 45 C.F.R. Section 164.316. Shape agrees to report promptly to Covered Entity any security incident of which it becomes aware.
2.10 Breach Pattern or Practice by Covered Entity. If Shape knows of a pattern of activity or practice of Covered Entity that constitutes a material breach or violation of Covered Entity’s obligations under the HIPAA Addendum, Shape must take reasonable steps to cure the breach or end the violation. If the steps are unsuccessful, Shape must terminate the Underlying Agreement, if feasible, or if termination is not feasible, report the problem to the Secretary.
3.1 Permitted Uses and Disclosures. Except as otherwise limited in this HIPAA Addendum, Shape may use or disclose PHI to perform functions, activities, or services for, or on behalf of, Covered Entity as specified in the Underlying Agreement provided such use or disclosure would not violate the Privacy Rule including, but not limited to, each applicable requirement of 45 C.F.R. § 164.504(e) and the HITECH Act if done by the Covered Entity.
3.2 Use for Management and Administration. Except as otherwise limited in this HIPAA Addendum, Shape may use PHI for the proper management and administration of Shape or to carry out the legal responsibilities of Shape.
3.3 Disclosure for Management and Administration. Except as otherwise limited in this HIPAA Addendum, Shape may disclose PHI for the proper management and administration of Shape, provided that disclosures are Required by Law, or Shape obtains reasonable assurances from the person to whom the information is disclosed that it will remain confidential and used or further disclosed only as Required by Law or for the purpose for which it was disclosed to the person, and the person notifies Shape of any instances of which it is aware in which the confidentiality of the information has been breached.
3.5 Data Aggregation. Except as otherwise limited in this HIPAA Addendum, Shape may use PHI to provide Data Aggregation services to Covered Entity as permitted by 45 C.F.R. §164.504(e)(2)(i)(B).
3.6 Report Violations of Law. Shape may use PHI to report violations of law to appropriate Federal and State authorities consistent with 45 C.F.R. §164.502(j)(1).
4.1 Notice of Privacy Practices. Covered Entity shall provide Shape with the notice of privacy practices that Covered Entity maintains in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.520, to the extent that such limitations may affect Shape’s use or disclosure of PHI.
4.2 Changes in Permission. Covered Entity shall notify Shape of any changes in, or revocation of, permission by an Individual to use or disclose PHI, to the extent that such changes may affect Shape’s use or disclosure of PHI.
4.3 Notification of Restrictions. Covered Entity shall notify Shape of any restriction to the use or disclosure of PHI that Covered Entity has agreed to in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.522, to the extent that such restriction may affect Shape’s use or disclosure of PHI.
4.4 Permissible Requests by Covered Entity. Covered Entity shall not request Shape to use or disclose PHI in any manner that would not be permissible under the Privacy Rule and the HITECH Act if done by Covered Entity.
5.1 Term. The Term of this HIPAA Addendum shall be effective as of the first day that Covered Entity provides PHI to Shape and shall terminate when all of the PHI provided by Covered Entity to Shape, or created or received by Shape on behalf of Covered Entity, is destroyed or returned to Covered Entity, or, if it is infeasible to return or destroy Protected Health Information, protections are extended to such information, in accordance with the termination provisions in this Section.
(a) Except as provided in Section 4.3b, upon termination of this HIPAA Addendum or the Underlying Agreement, for any reason, Shape shall return or destroy all PHI received from Covered Entity, or created or received by Shape on behalf of Covered Entity. This provision shall apply to PHI that is in the possession of subcontractors or agents of Shape. Shape shall retain no copies of the PHI.
(b) In the event that Shape determines that returning or destroying PHI is not feasible, Shape shall notify Covered Entity in writing of the conditions that make return or destruction infeasible. If return or destruction of the PHI is infeasible, Shape shall extend the protections of this HIPAA Addendum to such PHI and limit further uses and disclosures of such PHI to those purposes that make the return or destruction infeasible, for so long as Shape maintains such PHI.
6.3 Amendments. Shape reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of this HIPAA Addendum at any time. Shape will notify Covered Entity of any material changes to this HIPAA Addendum by sending Covered Entity an e-mail to the last e-mail address Covered Entity provided to Shape or by prominently posting notice of the changes on Shape’s website. Any material changes to this HIPAA Addendum will be effective upon the earlier of thirty (30) calendar days following Shape’s dispatch of an e-mail notice to Covered Entity or thirty (30) calendar days following Shape’s posting of notice of the changes on its website. These changes will be effective immediately for new Shape Clients. Please note that at all times Covered Entity is responsible for providing Shape with its most current e-mail address. In the event that the last e-mail address that Covered Entity has provided Shape is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of delivering to Covered Entity the notice described above, Shape’s dispatch of the e-mail containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice of the changes described in the notice. If Covered Entity does not agree with the changes to this HIPAA Addendum, Covered Entity must notify Shape prior to the effective date of the changes that Covered Entity wishes to terminate its subscription to the applicable Shape services. Continued use of Shape services, following notice of such changes, shall indicate Covered Entity’s acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.

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