We often times have to disclose information for purposes of treatment to orthotists, durable medical equipment providers. Normally it would appear that these folks are covered entities(since they bill the insurance for their services electronically) But one of the groups has less than 10 employees so they are exempt from covered entity(or some may file paper claims to avoid covered entity status.) What does that make our relationship since HIPAA allows us to disclose PHI freely to other covered entities for purposes of TPO?
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