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The Definition of Treatment

May 11, 2009 Health IT and HITECH No Comments

This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards.

HIPAA Privacy Definitions:

Breach
Business Associate
Covered Entity
Disclosure
Electronic Health Record
Health Care Operations
Health Care Provider
Health Plan
National Coordinator
Payment
Personal Health Record
Protected Health Information
Secretary
Security
State
Treatment
Use
Vendor Of Personal Health Records

TREATMENT

The term ‘treatment’ has the meaning given such term in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.

Section 164.501—

The provision, coordination, or management of health care and related services by one or more health care providers, including the coordination or management of health care by a health care provider with a third party; consultation between health care providers relating to a patient; or the referral of a patient for health care from one health care provider to another.

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