The components of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, Pub. L. 111-5) regarding protected health information and electronic records went into effect on September 2009 with a compliance date of February 2010. Due to the requirements in these new regulations, Sentara Health Plans has revised the current Business Associate Agreement (BAA) and are asking your assistance with getting your new BAA executed.
Please download the 2010 Business Associate Agreement form 
, sign it and return it to:
Optima Health
Attn: Denise McCoy
4417 Corporation Lane
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
If you have questions you may contact your Account Executive; Stephen Ford, Senior Attorney, at 687-7363; or Donna Pillatsch, Director of Compliance, at 552-7485. Thank you for your help with this new agreement.
Reminder: While Optima Health may identify members and their utilization patterns with you for you to assist groups, you may not share this information with the groups unless all information is de-identified. This is a HIPAA requirement which now applies to you as a Business Associate per the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. For questions, please call your Account Representative.