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45 CFR 160.103 Definitions
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (text of the Code of Federal Regulations), n.d.
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- What it is
- The federal HIPAA definitions section, including the definition of a business associate that decides when a medical transcription company must sign a contract with the provider.
- How much weight it carries
- Official regulation text as reproduced by the Cornell Legal Information Institute. The definition is legal text, so a lawyer or compliance officer should be consulted for a specific contract.
Facts taken from this source
- 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.
“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” (Definition of business associate, paragraph (1)(i))
- The HIPAA regulation's definitions section says protected health information means individually identifiable health information, with some exclusions, such as education records covered by the federal education privacy law.
“Protected health information means individually identifiable health information” (45 CFR 160.103, definition of protected health information)
Pages that rest on this source
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- Medical Transcription: The Job, the Pay and AIGuide
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- Do you need a BAA for dictation software?Question
- Is transcription software HIPAA compliant, and how do you check?Question
- Is Whisper AI HIPAA compliant?Question
- Business associate agreement (BAA)Glossary
- Protected health information (PHI)Glossary