As a Covered Entity (CE), you have shared responsibility and liability for the actions of your Business Associates (BAs) and their vendors. You are liable for their actions and omissions. It’s the law, and penalties for lax oversight are steep.
If you’re a BA or a vendor working with a healthcare CE, your liability also extends to the actions and omissions of your vendors and subcontractors. Don’t risk facing a tornado of costly penalties, and potential criminal prosecution with little warning.The problem bedeviling most CEs: How can they possibly secure hundreds of business associates and vendors when they barely are in compliance themselves? Prior to Aegify Integrity Manager, there wasn’t a practical way of doing this.