Covered Entities Examples
Health Care Providers who transmit any information in an electronic form in connection with a transaction for which HHS has adopted a standard:
Doctors
Clinics
Psychologists
Dentists
Chiropractors
Nursing Homes
Pharmacies
Health Plans:
Health insurance companies
HMOs
Company health plans
Government programs that pay for health care, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the military and veterans' health care programs
Health Care Clearinghouses:
This includes entities that process nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a standard (i.e., standard electronic format or data content), or vice versa. Ex: Companies that transmit claims electronically to health plans.
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