Category: Covered Entities
Authorizations, Covered Entities, Marketing, Smaller Providers and Businesses
The HIPAA Privacy Rule expressly requires an authorization for uses or disclosures of protected health information for ALL marketing communications, except in two circumstances:
The HIPAA Privacy Rule expressly requires an authorization for uses or disclosures of protected health information for ALL marketing communications, except in two circumstances:
The HIPAA Privacy Rule expressly requires an authorization for uses or disclosures of protected health information for ALL marketing communications, except in two circumstances:
The HIPAA Privacy Rule expressly requires an authorization for uses or disclosures of protected health information for ALL marketing communications, except in two circumstances:
Authorizations, Covered Entities, Research Uses and Disclosures
A researcher is a covered health care provider if he or she furnishes health care services to individuals, including the subjects of research, and transmits any health information in electronic form in connection with a transaction covered by the Transactions Rule.
A researcher is a covered health care provider if he or she furnishes health care services to individuals, including the subjects of research, and transmits any health information in electronic form in connection with a transaction covered by the Transactions Rule.
A researcher is a covered health care provider if he or she furnishes health care services to individuals, including the subjects of research, and transmits any health information in electronic form in connection with a transaction covered by the Transactions Rule.
Business Associates, Compliance Dates, Covered Entities, Smaller Providers and Businesses, Transition Provisions
There are two deadlines for compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule on April 14, 2004:
There are two deadlines for compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule on April 14, 2004:
There are two deadlines for compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule on April 14, 2004:
There are two deadlines for compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule on April 14, 2004:
There are two deadlines for compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule on April 14, 2004:
Decedents, Covered Entities, Facility Directories
Health care providers cannot invite or allow media personnel, including film crews, into treatment or other areas of their facilities where patients’ PHI will be accessible in written, electronic, oral, or other visual or audio form, or otherwise make PHI accessible to the media, without prior written authorization from each individual who is or will be in the area or whose PHI otherwise will be accessible to the media.
Health care providers cannot invite or allow media personnel, including film crews, into treatment or other areas of their facilities where patients’ PHI will be accessible in written, electronic, oral, or other visual or audio form, or otherwise make PHI accessible to the media, without prior written authorization from each individual who is or will be in the area or whose PHI otherwise will be accessible to the media.
Health care providers cannot invite or allow media personnel, including film crews, into treatment or other areas of their facilities where patients’ PHI will be accessible in written, electronic, oral, or other visual or audio form, or otherwise make PHI accessible to the media, without prior written authorization from each individual who is or will be in the area or whose PHI otherwise will be accessible to the media.
Covered Entities
If a State, county, or local health department performs functions that make it a covered entity, or otherwise meets the definition of a covered entity they must comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
The SSA is not a covered entity.
Are tissue repositories covered entities?
Covered Entities, Smaller Providers and Businesses
A "group health plan" is a covered entity under the Privacy Rule and the other HIPAA, Title II, Administrative Simplification standards.
No. Certain plans are specifically excluded from having to comply with the HIPAA Administrative Simplification requirements, including the Privacy Rule.
Providing services to or acting on behalf of a health plan does not transform a third party administrator (TPA) into a covered entity.
The Privacy Rule recognizes that certain fully insured group health plans may not need to satisfy all of the requirements of the Privacy Rule since these responsibilities will be carried out by the health insurance issuer or HMO with which the group health plan has contracted for coverage of its members.
No. The listed types of policies are not health plans. The HIPAA Administrative Simplification regulations specifically exclude from the definition of a “health plan” any policy, plan, or program to the extent that it provides, or pays for the cost of, excepted benefits, which are listed in section 2791(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300gg-91(c)(1).
Date Created: 12/20/2002
Covered entities under HIPAA are health care clearinghouses, certain health care providers, and health plans.
A "group health plan" is a covered entity under the Privacy Rule and the other HIPAA, Title II, Administrative Simplification standards.
Providing services to or acting on behalf of a health plan does not transform a third party administrator (TPA) into a covered entity.
No. Certain plans are specifically excluded from having to comply with the HIPAA Administrative Simplification requirements, including the Privacy Rule.
No. The listed types of policies are not health plans. The HIPAA Administrative Simplification regulations specifically exclude from the definition of a “health plan” any policy, plan, or program to the extent that it provides, or pays for the cost of, excepted benefits, which are listed in section 2791(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300gg-91(c)(1).
Date Created: 12/20/2002
The Privacy Rule recognizes that certain fully insured group health plans may not need to satisfy all of the requirements of the Privacy Rule since these responsibilities will be carried out by the health insurance issuer or HMO with which the group health plan has contracted for coverage of its members.
Covered entities under HIPAA are health care clearinghouses, certain health care providers, and health plans.
Covered Entities, Privacy Rule: General Topics, Smaller Providers and Businesses
As required by Congress in HIPAA, the Privacy Rule covers health plans, health care providers and health care clearinghouses.
As required by Congress in HIPAA, the Privacy Rule covers health plans, health care providers and health care clearinghouses.
As required by Congress in HIPAA, the Privacy Rule covers health plans, health care providers and health care clearinghouses.