The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPPA”) is designed to require the protection and confidential handling of protected health information by mandating a certain standards for its transmission and storage. Generally, Protected Health Information is individually identifiable information that is transmitted by electronic media, maintained in electronic media, or transmitted or maintained in any other medium. It is important to note that many businesses that are not healthcare providers still transmit or receive Protected Health Information and therefore must be HIPAA compliant.  Entities that fall under this definition are typically “business associates.”  A business associate is an entity