Security Rule Coverage
The Security Rule covers health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers transmitting electronic health information.
Covered entities refer to individual and group plans involved in funding or providing medical care. These health plans include:
- Health, dental, and vision insurers
- Prescription drug insurers
- Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)
- Government programs: Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare+Choice, and Medicare supplement insurers
- Long-term care insurers (but not nursing home fixed-indemnity policies)
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1-4. The Security Rule applies to health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and any health care provider who transmits health information _____.
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