acronyms
definitions
100
ARRA
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
100

Key federal law governing the privacy and confidentiality of patient information

What is Privacy Rule

200
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability act of 1996
200

a person or organization other than a member of a CE's workforce that performs functions or activities on behalf of or affecting a CE that involve the use or disclosure of individually identifiable health information

What is Business associate

300
HITECH
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
300

Consisting of employees, volunteers, student interns and trainees

what is workforce

400
BA
business associate
400

information from which personal characteristics about the individual or the individuals relatives, employers or household members have been removed and that as a result neither identifies nor provides a reasonable basis to believe it could identify and individual

what is Deidentified information

500
BAA
business associate agreement
500
treatment, payment and operations
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