I’m a little bit of a procrastinator, and when I saw they hadn’t debited my card, I could picture my files in this no man’s land of no protection. Then I noticed, and this is the scary part, they didn’t debit my card at all. I checked my billing and noticed my annual plan was gone and I was paying $10 a month. I think I’m getting phished this has to be fake! Then I saw the signs. It was like Dropbox and Google Drive were giant filing cabinets, but I had this magical drawer called Sookasa and that drawer was locked and encrypted (and signed a BAA where Dropbox and Google would not).Īround October, I checked my spam email box, and I catch this shocking email from Sookasa saying they are going out of business. Sookasa was a wonderful solution for small practice owners like me who wanted to store PHI electronically but couldn’t afford the giant robust software.
#Does sookasa require business associate agreement software
A few months ago, everybody got this notice that Sookasa, a client record storage software that would sign a BAA, was calling it quits. It’s either protected or it’s not (see the show notes from my interview with Vanessa Hillis HIPAA Risk Assessment with Vanessa Hillis). There is no, oops, I meant to do it, and my records weren’t protected for two months while I was searching the inter-webs for new software. If that software decides to drop the agreement or you face one of the scenarios above, you must still protect your PHI. For those of us utilizing electronic medical records (EMR) software, we must use software that signs a BAA. PHI (protected health information) must always be protected. Your software company goes out of business.Your software was great for you as a solo practice owner, but now that you are growing you see you have to pay a per-user fee.The introductory price was great and then in a few months, that price goes up and now it’s unaffordable.The software is efficient, perfect for their practice and signs a business associate agreement (BAA) so it is HIPAA compliant. HIPAA for Therapists: When Good Software Goes BadĪ cornerstone of HIPAA for therapists is compliant software but what do you do when good software goes bad? In my work as a private practice coach I see lots of practice owners who have purchased robust software to handle billing, scheduling, and email marketing.
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