The test is disclosures to other "health care providers" involving the "treatment" of the individual....If I remember correctly, DME vendors meet the definition of health care provider under HIPAA. This definition refers you to another regulation that you must review. Once you review this definition, you may be able to shorten your list of BA's!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Vikas Budhiraja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:52 PM Subject: Are DME Vendors BA? > Hello, > Had a question about vendors of DME (Durable Medical Equipment). If a > Provider contacts a DME vendor and informs about a patient who needs a DME > for home care, > does the provider need to have a BA with the DME vendor before this can be > done? > Or would this be treated as part of treatment? > > Regards, > Vikas > > > --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
