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Under HIPAA, a business associate is a person who, other than as a member of the covered entity's workforce, creates, receives, maintains or transmits protected health information.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“other than in the capacity of a member of the workforce of such covered entity or arrangement, creates, receives, maintains, or transmits protected health information”
45 CFR 160.103 Definitions, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (text of the Code of Federal Regulations), n.d., Definition of business associate, paragraph (1)(i).
Open the original- What it measures
- A medical transcription company that is not the provider's own staff falls into this category, which is why it needs a contract.
- What it does not show
- The definition has further exceptions and conditions that the full text sets out. This is a summary of one clause, and it is not legal advice.
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