Covered Components
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provide a decision tool that can be used to determine whether health care providers are covered under HIPAA.
An entity that is one or more of these types of entities is referred to as a "covered entity."
Purdue University is a "hybrid entity" under the HIPAA Privacy Regulations. Purdue's primary purpose is education. However, Purdue does have departments or components that provide covered functions. Purdue University therefore has surveyed and investigated those departments that provide healthcare services or health plans, as well as those departments that provide business assistance to the healthcare/health plan components. For purposes of the HIPAA regulations, the following departments, plans or programs shall be designated as "covered components" and shall comply fully with the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the procedures and practices outlined in this Implementation Guide, as well as, any policies adopted pursuant to this Implementation Guide:
Healthcare Provider Covered Components
- Purdue Student Health Center
- Purdue Pharmacy
- Purdue's School of Nursing Nursing Centers
- Purdue’s SLHS Audiology and Speech-Language Clinics
- Lafayette Street Family Planning Clinic
- IPFW Dental Hygiene Clinic
Health Plan Covered Components
- Purdue Self-Insured Medical Benefits Plan(s)
- Vision Plan
- Pharmacy Plan(s)
- Health Care Flexible Spending Account Plan
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Employee Wellness Programs
- WorkLife Programs
- Medication Therapy Management Services
Business Support Covered Components
- Accounts Receivable
- Central Files
- Internal Audit
- Information Technology at Purdue (only the following areas)
- IT Systems and Operations
- Unix Platform Administration
- Windows Platform Administration
- Database Administration
- System Operations
- Student Systems Administration
- Enterprise Applications
- IT Security and Policy
- Security Services
- Identity and Access Management Office
- IT Customer Relations
- Service Desk
- Desktop Computing Services
- Administrative Computing (only the following areas)
- Human Resources Operations
- Student Services Technology
- IT Technical Services-Athletics
- Public Records Office
- Printing Services
- School of Nursing Business Office
- Insurance Services Enterprise
- Environmental Health
- Pharmacy IT
- IPFW School of Health Sciences Business Office
- IPFW Information Technology Services
- Calumet Technological Infrastructure Services
- North Central Information Services
- RCHE-Health Outcomes and Policy Research Center
- SLHS Business and Main Offices
- SLHS Electronics and Technical Support
- Bursar
- Student and Receivables Business Services - Loans
- Calumet Business Office Teller Window
- Health and Human Sciences IT
- Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering
- Center for Medication Safety Advancement
- Technology Statewide Business Offices
- Purdue Extended Campus
- Healthcare Advisors
- IPFW Accounts Payable
Purdue Internal Business Associates
- Healthcare Advisors
- Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering
- Center for Medication Safety Advancement
- Academic Technologies
Effective as of November 1, 2012