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18 <br />7. Incorporate any amendments to PHI when notified to do so by CLIENT; <br />8. Provide an accounting of all uses or disclosures of PHI made by BILLING <br />COMPANY as required under the HIPAA privacy rule within 60 days; <br />9. Make its internal practices, books and records relating to the use and <br />disclosure of PHI available to the Secretary of the Department of Health and <br />Human Services for purposes of determining BILLING COMPANY'S and <br />CLIENT'S compliance with HIPAA; <br />10. At the termination of this Agreement, return or destroy all PHI received from, <br />or created or received by BILLING COMPANY on behalf of CLIENT, and if <br />return or destruction is not feasible, the protections of this agreement will <br />continue to extend to such PHI. <br />B. The specific uses and disclosures of PHI that may be made by BILLING COMPANY <br />on behalf of CLIENT include: <br />1. The preparation of invoices to patients, carriers, insurers and others responsible <br />for payment or reimbursement of the services provided by CLIENT to its patients; <br />2. The preparation of reminder notices and documents pertaining to collections of <br />overdue accounts; <br />3. The submission of supporting documentation to carriers, insurers and other <br />payers to substantiate the health care services provided by CLIENT to its patients <br />or to appeal denials of payment for same. <br />4. The uses required for the proper management of the BILLING COMPANY as a <br />business associate. <br />5. Other uses or disclosures of PHI as permitted by HIPAA Privacy Rule. <br />C. BILLING COMPANY agrees to assume the following obligations regarding electronic <br />Protected Health Information (e-PHI): <br />1. BILLING COMPANY agrees to implement commercially reasonable <br />administrative, physical and technical safeguards designed to protect the <br />15 <br />