RECITALS
A. Business Associate and Covered Entity are engaged in a business relationship whereby Covered Entity purchases, and Business Associate sells or provides, certain services to Covered Entity (“Business Relationship”);
B. As part of this Business Relationship, Business Associate performs or assists in performing a function or activity on behalf of Covered Entity that involves the use and/or disclosure of Protected Health Information (as defined in 45 C.F.R. 164.501), as amended from time to time.
C. The parties desire to enter into this Agreement regarding the use and/or disclosure of Protected Health Information as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (the “Privacy Rule”) and the Standards for Security of Electronic Protected Health Information (the “Security Rule”) promulgated thereunder, and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Division A, Title XIII and Division B, Title IV, of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5) (the “HITECH Act”), and any regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the representations, warranties and covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: