Thanks for your reply :)
The sentence is like that: "These provisions are designed to help cover
entities more easily comply with the business associate contract
requirements of the Privacy Rule." Perhaps you could also tell me what
"business associate" is.
Thanks,
Iwona
> In article <slrnddit4c.mvt.chris@ccserver.keris.net>,
> Chris Croughton <chris@keristor.net> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 21:17:28 +0200, Iwona
> > <iwonachf@poczta.onet.pl> wrote:
> >
> > > Can u tell me what "covered entity" means? I can't find it anywhere.
> > > Thanks:)
> >
> > I think you'll need to give us more context, where have you found the
> > term? And entity is a person or object, and covered means that it has a
> > cover of some kind over it, but beyond that it doesn't make much sense.
>
> It sounds to me like a phrase from an insurance policy or similar
> contract. For example, the "covered entity" might be the boat, car or
> house.
>
> In addition to the "cover of some kind" mentioned by Chris, there is
> "insurance coverage." "Your house and all of its contents are covered
> under this policy" means that those things are insured -- that the
> policy "covers", or includes, all of those things.
>
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