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12 <br />accreditation, or financial services to or for such Covered Entity, or to or for and organized health <br />care arrangement in which the Covered Entity participates, where the provision of the service <br />involves the disclosure of Individually Identifiable Health Information from such Covered Entity <br />or arrangement, or from another Business Associate of such Covered Entity or arrangement, to the <br />person. <br /> <br />d. “Individually Identifiable Health Information” means information that is a subset of health <br />information, including demographic information collected from an individual, and; <br /> <br />(1) is created or received by a health care provider, health plan, employer, or health care <br />clearinghouse; and <br /> <br />(2) relates to past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; <br />the provision of health care to an individual; or the past, present, or future payment for the <br />provision of health care to an individual; and <br /> <br />a) that identifies the individual; or <br /> <br />b) with respect to which there is a reasonable cause to believe the information can <br />be used to identify the individual. <br /> <br />e. “Protected Health Information” or “PHI” means Individually Identifiable Health Information <br />that is transmitted by electronic media; maintained in any medium described in the definition of the term <br />electronic media in the HIPAA Regulations; or transmitted or maintained in any other form or medium. <br />Protected Health Information excludes Individually Identifiable Health Information in educational records <br />covered by the Family Educational Right and Privacy Act, as amended, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, and records <br />described at 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(4)(B)(iv). <br /> <br />f. “Data Aggregation” means, with respect to PHI created or received by a Business Associate in <br />its capacity as the Business Associate of a Covered Entity, the combining of such PHI by the Business <br />Associate with the PHI received by the Business Associate in its capacity as a Business Associate of <br />another covered entity, to permit data analyses that relate to the health care operations of the respective <br />covered entities. <br /> <br />2. Status of Parties. Business Associate hereby acknowledges and agrees the Covered Entity is a covered <br />entity as defined under the HIPAA Regulations and that Business Associate is a business associate as defined under <br />the HIPAA Regulations. <br /> <br />3. Permitted Uses and Disclosures. <br /> <br />a. Performance of Services. Business Associate may use and disclose PHI received from, or <br />created or received on behalf of, Covered Entity only in connection with the performance of the services <br />contracted for in the agreement between Business Associate and Covered Entity dated <br />_________________ (“the Underlying Agreement”). <br /> <br />b. Proper Management and Administration. Business Associate may use PHI received by <br />Business Associate in its capacity as Business Associate of Covered Entity for the proper management and <br />administration of Business Associate in connection with the performance of services in the Underlying <br />Agreement and as permitted by this Agreement. Business Associate may disclose Covered Entity’s PHI <br />for such proper management and administration of Business Associate only with the prior consent of <br />Covered Entity. Any such disclosure of PHI shall only be made if a Business Associate obtains reasonable <br />assurances from the person to whom the PHI is disclosed that: (1) the PHI will be held confidentially and <br />used or further disclosed only as required by law or for the purpose for which it was disclosed to the <br />person, and (2) Business Associate will be notified by such person of any instances of which it becomes <br />aware in which the confidentiality of the PHI has been breached. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 2A625151-A0A5-4550-AF52-91CBC3DDBC3C