Disclosures for Emergency Preparedness - A Decision Tool: Health Care Operations


Health Care Operations

  • Health care operations are certain administrative, financial, legal, and quality improvement activities of a covered entity that are necessary to run its business and to support the core functions of treatment and payment.
  • These activities, which are limited to the activities listed in the definition of health care operations, include case management and care coordination and business management and general administrative activities.
  • Learn more about permitted disclosures for treatment, payment and health care operations.


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Content last reviewed on June 16, 2017