The group of organizations that has a duty to comply with HIPAA Privacy Rule is classified under the title of “Covered Entities”. This class of healthcare and medical organizations includes:

Health Care Providers – these are the general, more obvious bodies or organizations that one may visit for medical reasons, as a start to solving any medical problem or concern that may affect a patient.

Health Care Plans – these are bodies or organizations that provide medical care, which encompasses services paid to employees as medical care or that which is paid through an insurance scheme or directly to the provider.

Health Care Clearing Houses – these are generally used to facilitate the processing of medical and health care information.

Business Associates – those doing business with the organizations mentioned above.

The common factor uniting these ‘covered entities’ under the HIPAA Privacy Rule is the element of data storage, data handling, disclosure and transmission of personal health or medical information in any format, be it electronic, verbal or written. This information is in turn classified as Protected Health Information (PHI), and is individually identifiable, and hence, traceable to its owner.

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