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Department of Defense (DoD) Business Associate Agreement (BAA)Business Associate Agreement (Baa) • December 21st, 2021
In accordance with 45 CFR §§164.502(e)(2), 164.504(e); the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act; and paragraph 3.3.c. of Department of Defense Manual (DoDM) 6025.18, “Implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule in DoD Health Care Programs,” March 13, 2019, and Chapter 1, Section 5 of the TRICARE Operations Manual, this document serves as a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) between the executing parties for purposes of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as implemented by the HIPAA Rules and Department of Defense (DoD) HIPAA Issuances (as defined below). The parties are a DoD Component, acting as a HIPAA Covered Entity, and a Business Associate (i.e., a DoD Contractor creates, receives, maintains, and/or transmits protected health information (PHI) for the purpose of performing covered functions on behalf of the DoD Component). The HIPAA Rules (as defined below) require
