Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.

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Health Care Provider

The term “Health Care Provider” includes:

– a hospital, home health entity, skilled nursing facility, nursing facility,

– long-term care facilities such as health care clinics,  renal dialysis facilities, community mental health centers, blood centers, 

-emergency medical services provider, ambulatory surgical center, 

-Federally qualified health center, group practice, practitioner, pharmacist, physician, pharmacy, laboratory, a rural health clinic

-a provider operated by, or under contract with, the Indian Health Service or by the tribal organization, an Indian tribe, or an urban Indian organization,

– a therapist, an ambulatory surgical center, and any other category of health care facility,  practitioner, entity, or clinician as determined appropriate by the Secretary

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