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Question

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Explanation / Answer

Covered entities are those which defined in the rules of HIPPA and they includes:

and in generally these transactions focused on billing and payment of insurance reimbursements, bill reimbursements or payments.

On the other hand a business associate performs some specific functions that involves health information on behalf of a covered entity. It may include some functions like protection of health information, updating the information etc.