Re:Mental Health App Talkspace Raises $50M
by duncan-donuts on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @08:40PM
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HIPPA isn’t only about insurance. If they collect any personal health information (which, by the very nature of their product, I’m sure they do) they need to be compliant.
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Re:Mental Health App Talkspace Raises $50M
by marcinzm on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @08:46PM
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No, they don't. Although it's not about insurance either. Here is a list of who is covered: https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/covered-entities...
Note that a random app that gets "medical data" is not covered unless it counts as a health care provider AND transmits data in certain HHS electronic formats.
Re:Mental Health App Talkspace Raises $50M
by SkyPuncher on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @08:56PM
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That's not true.
They only need to be HIPAA compliant if they're a covered entity and dealing with an HHS related transaction.
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/covered-entities...
> A Health Care Provider .... ...but only if they transmit any information in an electronic form in connection with a transaction for which HHS has adopted a standard.