Disclosures for Emergency Preparedness - A Decision Tool: Health Care Operations
This is an Emergency Preparedness Decision tool for Health Care Operations
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Issued by: Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Disclosures for Emergency Preparedness - A Decision Tool: Health Care Operations
Health Care Operations
- Health care operations are certain administrative, financial, legal, and quality improvement activities of a covered entity that are necessary to run its business and to support the core functions of treatment and payment.
- These activities, which are limited to the activities listed in the definition of health care operations, include case management and care coordination and business management and general administrative activities.
- Learn more about permitted disclosures for treatment, payment and health care operations.
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