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Reading that table, it sounds like 23AndMe should be classified as a Health Care Clearinghouse. I'm assuming they send samples to a lab for processing, and then
by syndicatedjelly 3y ago
Reading that table, it sounds like 23AndMe should be classified as a Health Care Clearinghouse. I'm assuming they send samples to a lab for processing, and then convert those results into a standardized data format.
- thfuran 3y agoNo, the clearinghouses are middlemen between healthcare providers and health plans. They are a covered entity who deals in processing data for and from other covered entities. I don't think 23andme fits any of the bins. They're just a non-healthcare-related company that ends up with data that would otherwise have only been available to healthcare providers (and the other covered entities they deal with).
- syndicatedjelly 3y agoI see. Sounds like HIPAA was written for a world that no longer exists.
- thfuran 3y agoIt was written with a narrow focus on regulating the healthcare system rather than explicitly and comprehensively protecting a class of data, so it just wasn't meant to impose any restriction on every other party a person might disclose medical information to.