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IANAL but I think HIPAA: 1. Only applies to covered entities. 2. Data can be given to another covered entity as long as certain rules are followed. Very easy
by gravypod 5y ago
IANAL but I think HIPAA:
1. Only applies to covered entities.
2. Data can be given to another covered entity as long as certain rules are followed.
Very easy to have a web of people giving each other data because of this.
- NightMKoder 5y agoYep and covered entities are usually related to billing for medical care. As an example, almost all life insurance companies are not even hipaa compliant because they aren’t covered entities. In net - hipaa doesn’t protect medical information generally - only the subset that’s usually visible to doctors. And even then, it stops working as soon as the info is outside a covered entity.