Prevail Health
  • Introduction
  • What Is HIPAA
  • PHI and PII
  • Why all the fuss about HIPAA
  • HIPAA Entities
    • Subcontractors
    • Covered Entities
    • Business Associate Agreement (BAA)
  • Your Summary HIPAA Responsibilities
    • Security Key Contacts and Roles
    • System Access
    • Physical Access
    • Downloading PHI Data Locally
    • Incident Management
    • Sanctions
  • HIPAA Breaches
    • What does it mean for you
    • Expectations Vs Reality
  • Sections of HIPAA
    • HIPAA Rules
  • ASSESSMENT
    • HIPAA Knowledge Assessment
Powered by GitBook
On this page

Was this helpful?

  1. HIPAA Entities

Covered Entities

What is a "covered entity" under HIPAA?

Below is a more detailed list of those who fall under the covered entity category under HIPAA.

  • Health Plans (licensed insurers, ERISA plans, HMOs, Medicare, etc.)

  • Providers (physicians, hospitals, home health, DME, pharmacy, chiropractic, dental, etc.) that conduct one or more of the HIPAA-defined transactions electronically

  • Clearinghouses (billing services, value-added networks and switches if these entities perform clearinghouse functions such as claims routing, and cleansing entities)

PreviousSubcontractorsNextBusiness Associate Agreement (BAA)

Last updated 5 years ago

Was this helpful?