26.2 Covered Components in the ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ HCC
(Last Modified on November 14, 2019)
Covered Components of the ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ HCC include any portion of the ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ System Office (USO) or any ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ Institution that:
- Engage in Covered Functions; or
- Perform Business Associate activities for another component of ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ engaged in covered functions activities.
(Please see definitions of covered functions and business associate in Section 26.1.)
Components of ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ that could be engaged in covered functions may include:
- Medical centers and clinics;
- Clinical operations that, as individual organizational units, perform covered functions (i.e., engage in covered transactions as health care providers);
- Student Health/Counseling Centers to the extent they engage in non-exempt covered functions for healthcare services to non-students;
- Internal Employee Assistance programs that are staffed by ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ employees and operated using ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ resources;
- Occupational Health Centers that provide clinical services; and
- Any other ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ entity that engages in covered functions with Protected Health Information.