BC Advantage - 2026 Issue 2

Everybody Loves HIPAA

<style type="text/css"> <!-- .style1 { font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; } --> </style> <p>Healthcare clearinghouses are exempt only if the sole type of protected health information (PHI) they create or receive is as a business associate of another covered entity. See 45 CFR 164.500(b)(1). The other two general types of covered entities-providers and health plans-are required to provide NPPs to patients, unless a separate exception exists, and one does not exist for providers. </p> <p>  </p> <p>According to the  <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/guidance/privacy-practices-for-protected-health-information/index.html" target="_blank">U...

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