Who has to be concerned about the HIPAA guidelines?
HIPAA covers three main entities in its regulations: 1) health care plans; 2) health care plan clearinghouses (which serve to facilitate or process the handling of claim data elements) and 3) health care providers. Health care is defined as care, services or supplies related to the health of an individual. This includes, but is not limited to: preventative, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative or maintenance care and counseling or a service assessment or procedure with respect to an individualÅfs physical or mental condition or functional status. 3. But HIPAA doesn’t affect EAPs, right? We don’t provide therapy! The Department of Labor states that an EAP delivers health care benefits whenever trained counselors provide any form of counseling in either an internal or external provider context. There are numerous functions of an EAP that are not covered under HIPAA, such as SAP/DOT evaluations, management consultations, critical incident stress debriefings, support groups, work/life p
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